#4AA3CC#4AA3CC

#4AA3CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.104 H 231.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3CC
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 204)
HSL	hsl(199, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 20.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.35, -14.08, -28.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.35, 32.11, 243.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0653 -0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.104 231)
XYZ	xyz(26.8161, 32.0071, 61.8798)
Luminance	0.3201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3CC #CC734A

analogous

#4ACCB4 #4AA3CC #4A62CC

triadic

#4AA3CC #CC4AA3 #A3CC4A

tetradic

#4AA3CC #B44ACC #CC734A #62CC4A

square

#4AA3CC #B44ACC #CC734A #62CC4A

split-complementary

#4AA3CC #CC4A62 #CCB44A

monochromatic

#225E79 #3083A9 #4AA3CC #7ABBD9 #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4AA3CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#4AA3CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3CC

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3CC	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)

#8EA1CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.104 231.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedb',
    500: '#4aa3cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3cc;
$custom-light: #89bedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.923,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67806,
    "c": 0.10387,
    "h": 231
  },
  "luminance": 0.3201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3CC

secondary

#D4AF9D

accent

#7848DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3CC

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

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