#4AA4C8#4AA4C8

#4AA4C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.100 H 227.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4C8
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 18%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -15.89, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 30.83, 238.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% -0.0679 -0.0738)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.1 227.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5207, 32.1742, 59.4450)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4C8 #C86E4A

analogous

#4AC8AD #4AA4C8 #4A65C8

triadic

#4AA4C8 #C84AA4 #A4C84A

tetradic

#4AA4C8 #AD4AC8 #C86E4A #65C84A

square

#4AA4C8 #AD4AC8 #C86E4A #65C84A

split-complementary

#4AA4C8 #C84A65 #C8AD4A

monochromatic

#235D74 #3283A3 #4AA4C8 #79BCD6 #A8D3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4AA4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4AA4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4C8

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4C8	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A1CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F94C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.100 227.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfd8',
    500: '#4aa4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4c8;
$custom-light: #89bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67864,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 227.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4C8

secondary

#D2AB9C

accent

#754BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4C8

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

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