#4AA0BB#4AA0BB

#4AA0BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.091 H 221.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0BB
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 187)
HSL	hsl(194, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(194, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 14.4%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.81, -17.79, -21.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.81, 28.07, 230.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0685 -0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.091 221.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.3609, 30.1829, 51.5461)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0BB #BB654A

analogous

#4ABB9D #4AA0BB #4A67BB

triadic

#4AA0BB #BB4AA0 #A0BB4A

tetradic

#4AA0BB #9D4ABB #BB654A #67BB4A

square

#4AA0BB #9D4ABB #BB654A #67BB4A

split-complementary

#4AA0BB #BB4A67 #BB9D4A

monochromatic

#265665 #377C91 #4AA0BB #76B7CC #A3CFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4AA0BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#4AA0BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0BB

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0BB	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#909CBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8090BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.091 221.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bccf',
    500: '#4aa0bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0bb;
$custom-light: #87bccf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66364,
    "c": 0.09132,
    "h": 221.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0BB

secondary

#C9A397

accent

#7253D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0BB

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

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