#4AA3C5#4AA3C5

#4AA3C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.098 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3C5
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 197)
HSL	hsl(197, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(197, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, -16.29, -25.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 30.15, 237.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0679 -0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.098 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9953, 31.6788, 57.5571)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3C5 #C56C4A

analogous

#4AC5A9 #4AA3C5 #4A66C5

triadic

#4AA3C5 #C54AA3 #A3C54A

tetradic

#4AA3C5 #A94AC5 #C56C4A #66C54A

square

#4AA3C5 #A94AC5 #C56C4A #66C54A

split-complementary

#4AA3C5 #C54A66 #C5A94A

monochromatic

#245B71 #33819F #4AA3C5 #78BBD4 #A7D2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4AA3C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#4AA3C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3C5

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3C5	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A0C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F93C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.098 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bed6',
    500: '#4aa3c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3c5;
$custom-light: #88bed6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67499,
    "c": 0.0981,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3C5

secondary

#D0AA9B

accent

#744DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3C5

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

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