#4AA0CC#4AA0CC

#4AA0CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.105 H 233.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0CC
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 204)
HSL	hsl(200, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(200, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 21.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.47, -12.45, -30.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.47, 32.68, 247.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% -0.0622 -0.0846)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.105 233.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2897, 30.9544, 61.7043)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0CC #CC764A

analogous

#4ACCB7 #4AA0CC #4A5FCC

triadic

#4AA0CC #CC4AA0 #A0CC4A

tetradic

#4AA0CC #B74ACC #CC764A #5FCC4A

square

#4AA0CC #B74ACC #CC764A #5FCC4A

split-complementary

#4AA0CC #CC4A5F #CCB74A

monochromatic

#225C79 #3080A9 #4AA0CC #7AB9D9 #A9D2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#4AA0CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#4AA0CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0CC

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0CC	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B9ECE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7991CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.105 233.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdb',
    500: '#4aa0cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0cc;
$custom-light: #89bcdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.308,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67105,
    "c": 0.10505,
    "h": 233.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0CC

secondary

#D4B09D

accent

#7C48DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0CC

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

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