#4AA3CD#4AA3CD

#4AA3CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.105 H 231.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA3CD
RGB	rgb(74, 163, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 20.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.39, -13.77, -29.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.39, 32.42, 244.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% -0.065 -0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.105 231.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9364, 32.0552, 62.5135)
Luminance	0.3206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA3CD #CD744A

analogous

#4ACDB6 #4AA3CD #4A61CD

triadic

#4AA3CD #CD4AA3 #A3CD4A

tetradic

#4AA3CD #B64ACD #CD744A #61CD4A

square

#4AA3CD #B64ACD #CD744A #61CD4A

split-complementary

#4AA3CD #CD4A61 #CDB64A

monochromatic

#225E7B #2F83AB #4AA3CD #7ABBDA #AAD4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4AA3CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.41

#4AA3CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA3CD

7.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA3CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA3CD	1.00	2.83	7.41	7.41
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8EA1CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa3cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 163, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.105 231.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bedc',
    500: '#4aa3cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa3cd;
$custom-light: #89bedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa3cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.237,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67851,
    "c": 0.10475,
    "h": 231.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA3CD

secondary

#D5AF9E

accent

#7948E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F6FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA3CD

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

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