#4AAEE3#4AAEE3

#4AAEE3 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.120 H 235.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEE3
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 227)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(201, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.4%, 23.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -12.64, -35.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 37.36, 250.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0686 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.12 235.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.8198, 37.2706, 78.1751)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEE3 #E37F4A

analogous

#4AE3CB #4AAEE3 #4A62E3

triadic

#4AAEE3 #E34AAE #AEE34A

tetradic

#4AAEE3 #CB4AE3 #E37F4A #62E34A

square

#4AAEE3 #CB4AE3 #E37F4A #62E34A

split-complementary

#4AAEE3 #E34A62 #E3CB4A

monochromatic

#186D9B #2093D0 #4AAEE3 #7FC6EB #B4DDF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4AAEE3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#4AAEE3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEE3

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEE3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEE3	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95ADE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#809EE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaee3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.120 235.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dc6ec',
    500: '#4aaee3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaee3;
$custom-light: #8dc6ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaee3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.784,
    "s": 73.206,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71401,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 235.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEE3

secondary

#E2BBA6

accent

#7838F0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F8FD

border

#CCD1D5

text

#0D1316

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEE3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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