#4AA0C8#4AA0C8

#4AA0C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.101 H 231.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0C8
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 20%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.31, -13.73, -28.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.31, 31.39, 244.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.0636 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.101 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.8161, 30.7650, 59.2101)
Luminance	0.3077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0C8 #C8724A

analogous

#4AC8B1 #4AA0C8 #4A61C8

triadic

#4AA0C8 #C84AA0 #A0C84A

tetradic

#4AA0C8 #B14AC8 #C8724A #61C84A

square

#4AA0C8 #B14AC8 #C8724A #61C84A

split-complementary

#4AA0C8 #C84A61 #C8B14A

monochromatic

#235B74 #327FA3 #4AA0C8 #79B9D6 #A8D1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4AA0C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#4AA0C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0C8

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0C8	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C9ECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A91C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.101 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcd8',
    500: '#4aa0c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0c8;
$custom-light: #89bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.048,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66925,
    "c": 0.10141,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0C8

secondary

#D2AD9C

accent

#794BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0C8

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

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