#4AA3C8#4AA3C8

#4AA3C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.100 H 228.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3C8
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 200)
HSL	hsl(198, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 18.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -15.35, -26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 30.94, 240.26°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0668 -0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.1 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3425, 31.8177, 59.3855)
Luminance	0.3182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3C8 #C86F4A

analogous

#4AC8AE #4AA3C8 #4A64C8

triadic

#4AA3C8 #C84AA3 #A3C84A

tetradic

#4AA3C8 #AE4AC8 #C86F4A #64C84A

square

#4AA3C8 #AE4AC8 #C86F4A #64C84A

split-complementary

#4AA3C8 #C84A64 #C8AE4A

monochromatic

#235D74 #3282A3 #4AA3C8 #79BBD6 #A8D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#4AA3C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#4AA3C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3C8

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3C8	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E93C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.100 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bed8',
    500: '#4aa3c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3c8;
$custom-light: #89bed8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.619,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67629,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3C8

secondary

#D2AC9C

accent

#764BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F6FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3C8

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

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