#4AA3C4#4AA3C4

#4AA3C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.097 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3C4
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, -16.60, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 29.91, 236.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0683 -0.0694)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.097 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.8811, 31.6331, 56.9557)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3C4 #C46B4A

analogous

#4AC4A8 #4AA3C4 #4A66C4

triadic

#4AA3C4 #C44AA3 #A3C44A

tetradic

#4AA3C4 #A84AC4 #C46B4A #66C44A

square

#4AA3C4 #A84AC4 #C46B4A #66C44A

split-complementary

#4AA3C4 #C44A66 #C4A84A

monochromatic

#245B6F #33819D #4AA3C4 #78BAD3 #A6D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4AA3C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4AA3C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3C4

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3C4	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A0C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8093C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.097 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bed6',
    500: '#4aa3c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3c4;
$custom-light: #88bed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67456,
    "c": 0.09734,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3C4

secondary

#CFA99B

accent

#744DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3C4

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

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