#4AA0D8#4AA0D8

#4AA0D8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 240.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AA0D8
RGBrgb(74, 160, 216)
HSLhsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.97, -8.55, -36.11)
CIE-LCHlch(62.97, 37.11, 256.67°)
OKLaboklab(67.67% -0.0582 -0.1016)
OKLCHoklch(67.67% 0.117 240.2)
XYZxyz(27.7848, 31.5524, 69.5784)
Luminance0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AA0D8 #D8824A
analogous
#4AD8C9 #4AA0D8 #4A59D8
triadic
#4AA0D8 #D84AA0 #A0D84A
tetradic
#4AA0D8 #C94AD8 #D8824A #59D84A
square
#4AA0D8 #C94AD8 #D8824A #59D84A
split-complementary
#4AA0D8 #D84A59 #D8C94A
monochromatic
#1E5F8A #2982BC #4AA0D8 #7CBAE3 #AFD5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87
#4AA0D8 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31
#4AA0D8 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0D8
7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AA0D8#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AA0D81.002.877.317.31
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3121.001.001.00
##0000007.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86A0DB
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7392D7
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4aa0d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 240.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbce4',
    500: '#4aa0d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4aa0d8;
$custom-light: #8bbce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4aa0d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.662,
    "s": 64.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6767,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 240.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AA0D8
secondary
#DCB9A2
accent
#8240E8
background
#F9FBFD
surface
#F1F6FB
border
#CBD0D4
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8083

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0D8

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

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#4AA0D8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva