#4AA0D9#4AA0D9

#4AA0D9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 240.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AA0D9
RGBrgb(74, 160, 217)
HSLhsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSVhsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYKcmyk(65.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LABlab(63.01, -8.23, -36.60)
CIE-LCHlch(63.01, 37.51, 257.33°)
OKLaboklab(67.72% -0.0578 -0.103)
OKLCHoklch(67.72% 0.118 240.7)
XYZxyz(27.9144, 31.6043, 70.2613)
Luminance0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AA0D9 #D9834A
analogous
#4AD9CB #4AA0D9 #4A59D9
triadic
#4AA0D9 #D94AA0 #A0D94A
tetradic
#4AA0D9 #CB4AD9 #D9834A #59D94A
square
#4AA0D9 #CB4AD9 #D9834A #59D94A
split-complementary
#4AA0D9 #D94A59 #D9CB4A
monochromatic
#1D5F8B #2882BE #4AA0D9 #7DBBE4 #AFD5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87
#4AA0D9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32
#4AA0D9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0D9
7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AA0D9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AA0D91.002.877.327.32
#FFFFFF2.871.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3221.001.001.00
##0000007.3221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#86A0DC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7292D8
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00AEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4aa0d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 240.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bbce5',
    500: '#4aa0d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4aa0d9;
$custom-light: #8bbce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4aa0d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.916,
    "s": 65.297,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67718,
    "c": 0.11816,
    "h": 240.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AA0D9
secondary
#DCBAA2
accent
#8340E8
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F1F6FC
border
#CBD0D5
text
#0D1115
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA0D9

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#4AA0D9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva