#4AA0E0#4AA0E0

#4AA0E0 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.126 H 243.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4AA0E0
RGBrgb(74, 160, 224)
HSLhsl(206, 71%, 58%)
HSVhsv(206, 67%, 88%)
CMYKcmyk(67%, 28.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LABlab(63.32, -5.91, -39.99)
CIE-LCHlch(63.32, 40.42, 261.60°)
OKLaboklab(68.06% -0.0556 -0.1129)
OKLCHoklch(68.06% 0.126 243.8)
XYZxyz(28.8443, 31.9762, 75.1585)
Luminance0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4AA0E0 #E08A4A
analogous
#4AE0D5 #4AA0E0 #4A55E0
triadic
#4AA0E0 #E04AA0 #A0E04A
tetradic
#4AA0E0 #D54AE0 #E08A4A #55E04A
square
#4AA0E0 #D54AE0 #E08A4A #55E04A
split-complementary
#4AA0E0 #E04A55 #E0D54A
monochromatic
#1A6196 #2383CA #4AA0E0 #7EBBE9 #B3D7F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84
#4AA0E0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40
#4AA0E0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA0E0
7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4AA0E0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4AA0E01.002.847.407.40
#FFFFFF2.841.0021.0021.00
#0000007.4021.001.001.00
##0000007.4021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#83A1E3
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F93DF
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00B0B6
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4aa0e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 160, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.126 243.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cbbea',
    500: '#4aa0e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4aa0e0;
$custom-light: #8cbbea;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4aa0e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.6,
    "s": 70.755,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68064,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 243.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4AA0E0
secondary
#E1BFA5
accent
#873AEE
background
#F9FBFE
surface
#F2F6FD
border
#CCD0D5
text
#0D1116
muted
#7E8084

Preview Lab

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#4AA0E0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva