#4AA1C8#4AA1C8

#4AA1C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.101 H 230.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA1C8
RGB	rgb(74, 161, 200)
HSL	hsl(199, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(199, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 19.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, -14.27, -27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 31.23, 242.81°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0647 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.101 230.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9902, 31.1131, 59.2681)
Luminance	0.3112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA1C8 #C8714A

analogous

#4AC8B0 #4AA1C8 #4A62C8

triadic

#4AA1C8 #C84AA1 #A1C84A

tetradic

#4AA1C8 #B04AC8 #C8714A #62C84A

square

#4AA1C8 #B04AC8 #C8714A #62C84A

split-complementary

#4AA1C8 #C84A62 #C8B04A

monochromatic

#235B74 #3280A3 #4AA1C8 #79B9D6 #A8D2E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4AA1C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#4AA1C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA1C8

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA1C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA1C8	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C92C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa1c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 161, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.101 230.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bcd8',
    500: '#4aa1c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa1c8;
$custom-light: #89bcd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa1c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.571,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67159,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 230.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA1C8

secondary

#D2AD9C

accent

#784BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA1C8

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

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