#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
RGB	rgb(74, 160, 224)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(206, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(67%, 28.6%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.32, -5.91, -39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.32, 40.42, 261.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0556 -0.1129)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.126 243.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.8443, 31.9762, 75.1585)
Luminance	0.3198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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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
##4AA0E0	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #4AA0E0

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

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