#4AA0BE#4AA0BE

#4AA0BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.093 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0BE
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 190)
HSL	hsl(196, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 15.8%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, -16.87, -23.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 28.71, 234.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% -0.0673 -0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.093 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.6854, 30.3127, 53.2552)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0BE #BE684A

analogous

#4ABEA2 #4AA0BE #4A66BE

triadic

#4AA0BE #BE4AA0 #A0BE4A

tetradic

#4AA0BE #A24ABE #BE684A #66BE4A

square

#4AA0BE #A24ABE #BE684A #66BE4A

split-complementary

#4AA0BE #BE4A66 #BEA24A

monochromatic

#255768 #367C95 #4AA0BE #77B8CE #A4CFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4AA0BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#4AA0BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0BE

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0BE	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.093 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd1',
    500: '#4aa0be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0be;
$custom-light: #88bcd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66489,
    "c": 0.09338,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0BE

secondary

#CBA698

accent

#7451D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0BE

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

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