#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
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 217)
HSL	hsl(204, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(204, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 26.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.01, -8.23, -36.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.01, 37.51, 257.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0578 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.118 240.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9144, 31.6043, 70.2613)
Luminance	0.3161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4AA0D9	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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