#4AA0C4#4AA0C4

#4AA0C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.098 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0C4
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 196)
HSL	hsl(198, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(198, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 18.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, -14.99, -26.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 30.22, 240.25°)
OKLab	oklab(66.75% -0.0651 -0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(66.75% 0.098 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.3547, 30.5804, 56.7803)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0C4 #C46E4A

analogous

#4AC4AB #4AA0C4 #4A63C4

triadic

#4AA0C4 #C44AA0 #A0C44A

tetradic

#4AA0C4 #AB4AC4 #C46E4A #63C44A

square

#4AA0C4 #AB4AC4 #C46E4A #63C44A

split-complementary

#4AA0C4 #C44A63 #C4AB4A

monochromatic

#24596F #337E9D #4AA0C4 #78B8D3 #A6D0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#4AA0C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#4AA0C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0C4

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0C4	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9DC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C91C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.098 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcd6',
    500: '#4aa0c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0c4;
$custom-light: #88bcd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.705,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66748,
    "c": 0.09799,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0C4

secondary

#CFAA9B

accent

#774DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0C4

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

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