#4AA0D6#4AA0D6

#4AA0D6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.115 H 239.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA0D6
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 214)
HSL	hsl(203, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(203, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 25.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.89, -9.21, -35.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.89, 36.32, 255.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.0588 -0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.115 239.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5278, 31.4496, 68.2249)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA0D6 #D6804A

analogous

#4AD6C6 #4AA0D6 #4A5AD6

triadic

#4AA0D6 #D64AA0 #A0D64A

tetradic

#4AA0D6 #C64AD6 #D6804A #5AD64A

square

#4AA0D6 #C64AD6 #D6804A #5AD64A

split-complementary

#4AA0D6 #D64A5A #D6C64A

monochromatic

#1F5F87 #2A82B9 #4AA0D6 #7CBAE1 #AED4ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4AA0D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#4AA0D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0D6

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA0D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA0D6	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87A0D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7492D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa0d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.115 239.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abce3',
    500: '#4aa0d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa0d6;
$custom-light: #8abce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa0d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.143,
    "s": 63.063,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67573,
    "c": 0.11499,
    "h": 239.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA0D6

secondary

#DBB7A1

accent

#8142E6

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1115

muted

#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0D6

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

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