#4AAFD4#4AAFD4

#4AAFD4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.107 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAFD4
RGB	rgb(74, 175, 212)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -17.96, -27.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 32.75, 236.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0749 -0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.107 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0329, 36.8661, 67.8077)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAFD4 #D46F4A

analogous

#4AD4B4 #4AAFD4 #4A6AD4

triadic

#4AAFD4 #D44AAF #AFD44A

tetradic

#4AAFD4 #B44AD4 #D46F4A #6AD44A

square

#4AAFD4 #B44AD4 #D46F4A #6AD44A

split-complementary

#4AAFD4 #D44A6A #D4B44A

monochromatic

#1F6984 #2B91B6 #4AAFD4 #7BC5E0 #ADDBEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4AAFD4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#4AAFD4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAFD4

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAFD4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAFD4	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BACD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aafd4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 175, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.107 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e1',
    500: '#4aafd4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aafd4;
$custom-light: #8bc7e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aafd4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.087,
    "s": 61.607,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70963,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAFD4

secondary

#D9B0A0

accent

#6E43E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAFD4

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

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