#4AA0BD#4AA0BD

#4AA0BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.093 H 223.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0BD
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 189)
HSL	hsl(195, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(195, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 15.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.89, -17.17, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.89, 28.48, 232.92°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% -0.0677 -0.0633)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.093 223.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.5765, 30.2691, 52.6816)
Luminance	0.3027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0BD #BD674A

analogous

#4ABDA1 #4AA0BD #4A67BD

triadic

#4AA0BD #BD4AA0 #A0BD4A

tetradic

#4AA0BD #A14ABD #BD674A #67BD4A

square

#4AA0BD #A14ABD #BD674A #67BD4A

split-complementary

#4AA0BD #BD4A67 #BDA14A

monochromatic

#265767 #367C94 #4AA0BD #77B8CD #A4CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#4AA0BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#4AA0BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0BD

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0BD	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9CBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.093 223.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcd1',
    500: '#4aa0bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0bd;
$custom-light: #87bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.13,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66447,
    "c": 0.09268,
    "h": 223.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0BD

secondary

#CBA598

accent

#7352D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0BD

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

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