#4AA4C4#4AA4C4

#4AA4C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.097 H 224.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4C4
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 196)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 16.3%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.33, -17.14, -24.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.33, 29.83, 234.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0694 -0.0681)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.097 224.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0594, 31.9896, 57.0151)
Luminance	0.3199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4C4 #C46A4A

analogous

#4AC4A7 #4AA4C4 #4A67C4

triadic

#4AA4C4 #C44AA4 #A4C44A

tetradic

#4AA4C4 #A74AC4 #C46A4A #67C44A

square

#4AA4C4 #A74AC4 #C46A4A #67C44A

split-complementary

#4AA4C4 #C44A67 #C4A74A

monochromatic

#245C6F #33829D #4AA4C4 #78BBD3 #A6D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4AA4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#4AA4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4C4

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4C4	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)

#92A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8194C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.097 224.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd6',
    500: '#4aa4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4c4;
$custom-light: #88bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67692,
    "c": 0.09718,
    "h": 224.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4C4

secondary

#CFA89B

accent

#724DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4C4

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

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