#4AA0BF#4AA0BF

#4AA0BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.094 H 224.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0BF
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 191)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 16.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -16.56, -23.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 28.94, 235.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.067 -0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.094 224.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.7951, 30.3566, 53.8328)
Luminance	0.3036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0BF #BF694A

analogous

#4ABFA3 #4AA0BF #4A66BF

triadic

#4AA0BF #BF4AA0 #A0BF4A

tetradic

#4AA0BF #A34ABF #BF694A #66BF4A

square

#4AA0BF #A34ABF #BF694A #66BF4A

split-complementary

#4AA0BF #BF4A66 #BFA34A

monochromatic

#255769 #357D97 #4AA0BF #77B8CF #A4CFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4AA0BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#4AA0BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0BF

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0BF	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9DC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.094 224.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd2',
    500: '#4aa0bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0bf;
$custom-light: #88bcd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66532,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 224.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0BF

secondary

#CCA699

accent

#7450D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0BF

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

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