#4AAFD9#4AAFD9

#4AAFD9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.111 H 228.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAFD9
RGB	rgb(74, 175, 217)
HSL	hsl(198, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(198, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 19.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.37, -16.39, -29.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.37, 34.04, 241.23°)
OKLab	oklab(71.18% -0.0731 -0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(71.18% 0.111 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6734, 37.1223, 71.1810)
Luminance	0.3713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAFD9 #D9744A

analogous

#4AD9BB #4AAFD9 #4A68D9

triadic

#4AAFD9 #D94AAF #AFD94A

tetradic

#4AAFD9 #BB4AD9 #D9744A #68D94A

square

#4AAFD9 #BB4AD9 #D9744A #68D94A

split-complementary

#4AAFD9 #D94A68 #D9BB4A

monochromatic

#1D6B8B #2892BE #4AAFD9 #7DC5E4 #AFDCEE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4AAFD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#4AAFD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAFD9

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAFD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAFD9	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99ACDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ED8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aafd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 175, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.111 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cc7e5',
    500: '#4aafd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aafd9;
$custom-light: #8cc7e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aafd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.622,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7118,
    "c": 0.11096,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAFD9

secondary

#DCB3A2

accent

#7140E8

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F1F8FC

border

#CBD1D5

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAFD9

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

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