#4AA0B5#4AA0B5

#4AA0B5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.1% C 0.088 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0B5
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 181)
HSL	hsl(192, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(192, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -19.61, -18.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 27.08, 223.60°)
OKLab	oklab(66.12% -0.0709 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(66.12% 0.088 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.7320, 29.9313, 48.2337)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0B5 #B55F4A

analogous

#4AB595 #4AA0B5 #4A6AB5

triadic

#4AA0B5 #B54AA0 #A0B54A

tetradic

#4AA0B5 #954AB5 #B55F4A #6AB54A

square

#4AA0B5 #954AB5 #B55F4A #6AB54A

split-complementary

#4AA0B5 #B54A6A #B5954A

monochromatic

#26535E #387A8A #4AA0B5 #75B7C7 #A1CED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#4AA0B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#4AA0B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0B5

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0B5	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#929BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8290B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A8A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.1% 0.088 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bccb',
    500: '#4aa0b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0b5;
$custom-light: #87bccb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.776,
    "s": 41.961,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66118,
    "c": 0.08779,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0B5

secondary

#C59F95

accent

#6E56D2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0B5

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

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