#4AA0C2#4AA0C2

#4AA0C2 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.096 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0C2
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 194)
HSL	hsl(197, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 17.5%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, -15.62, -25.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 29.68, 238.24°)
OKLab	oklab(66.66% -0.0658 -0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(66.66% 0.096 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1286, 30.4900, 55.5893)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0C2 #C26C4A

analogous

#4AC2A8 #4AA0C2 #4A64C2

triadic

#4AA0C2 #C24AA0 #A0C24A

tetradic

#4AA0C2 #A84AC2 #C26C4A #64C24A

square

#4AA0C2 #A84AC2 #C26C4A #64C24A

split-complementary

#4AA0C2 #C24A64 #C2A84A

monochromatic

#25586D #347E9B #4AA0C2 #78B8D1 #A6D0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4AA0C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#4AA0C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0C2

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0C2	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9DC4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D91C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.096 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd4',
    500: '#4aa0c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0c2;
$custom-light: #88bcd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197,
    "s": 49.587,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66661,
    "c": 0.09639,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0C2

secondary

#CEA99A

accent

#764FD9

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0C2

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

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