#4AA0C0#4AA0C0

#4AA0C0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.095 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0C0
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 192)
HSL	hsl(196, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(196, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.00, -16.25, -24.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.00, 29.17, 236.16°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0666 -0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.095 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.9055, 30.4007, 54.4143)
Luminance	0.3040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0C0 #C06A4A

analogous

#4AC0A5 #4AA0C0 #4A65C0

triadic

#4AA0C0 #C04AA0 #A0C04A

tetradic

#4AA0C0 #A54AC0 #C06A4A #65C04A

square

#4AA0C0 #A54AC0 #C06A4A #65C04A

split-complementary

#4AA0C0 #C04A65 #C0A54A

monochromatic

#25586B #357D98 #4AA0C0 #77B8D0 #A5D0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4AA0C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#4AA0C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0C0

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0C0	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9DC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.095 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd3',
    500: '#4aa0c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0c0;
$custom-light: #88bcd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 48.361,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66575,
    "c": 0.09485,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0C0

secondary

#CDA799

accent

#7550D8

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0C0

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

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