#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
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 216)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.7%, 25.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -8.55, -36.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 37.11, 256.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0582 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.117 240.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7848, 31.5524, 69.5784)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4AA0D8	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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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