#4AAFD5#4AAFD5

#4AAFD5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.108 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAFD5
RGB	rgb(74, 175, 213)
HSL	hsl(196, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(196, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 17.8%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.21, -17.65, -27.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.21, 32.99, 237.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0745 -0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.108 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.1595, 36.9167, 68.4741)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAFD5 #D5704A

analogous

#4AD5B6 #4AAFD5 #4A6AD5

triadic

#4AAFD5 #D54AAF #AFD54A

tetradic

#4AAFD5 #B64AD5 #D5704A #6AD54A

square

#4AAFD5 #B64AD5 #D5704A #6AD54A

split-complementary

#4AAFD5 #D54A6A #D5B64A

monochromatic

#1F6A86 #2B91B7 #4AAFD5 #7CC5E1 #ADDBEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4AAFD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#4AAFD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAFD5

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAFD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAFD5	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AACD7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879DD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BABB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aafd5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 175, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.108 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc7e2',
    500: '#4aafd5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aafd5;
$custom-light: #8bc7e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aafd5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.403,
    "s": 62.332,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71006,
    "c": 0.1078,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3692
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAFD5

secondary

#DAB0A1

accent

#6F42E5

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAFD5

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

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