#4AA0CD#4AA0CD

#4AA0CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.106 H 234.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0CD
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 205)
HSL	hsl(201, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(201, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 22%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, -12.13, -30.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 33.02, 248.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.15% -0.0618 -0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(67.15% 0.106 234.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4100, 31.0025, 62.3380)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0CD #CD774A

analogous

#4ACDB9 #4AA0CD #4A5ECD

triadic

#4AA0CD #CD4AA0 #A0CD4A

tetradic

#4AA0CD #B94ACD #CD774A #5ECD4A

square

#4AA0CD #B94ACD #CD774A #5ECD4A

split-complementary

#4AA0CD #CD4A5E #CDB94A

monochromatic

#225C7B #2F80AB #4AA0CD #7AB9DA #AAD2E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#4AA0CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#4AA0CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0CD

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0CD	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A9FCF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7891CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.106 234.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcdc',
    500: '#4aa0cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0cd;
$custom-light: #89bcdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200.611,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67151,
    "c": 0.10599,
    "h": 234.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0CD

secondary

#D5B19E

accent

#7C48E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0CD

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

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