#4AA4CB#4AA4CB

#4AA4CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.103 H 229.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4CB
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 19.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.60, -14.94, -27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.60, 31.65, 241.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68% -0.0668 -0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(68% 0.103 229.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8748, 32.3158, 61.3096)
Luminance	0.3232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4CB #CB714A

analogous

#4ACBB2 #4AA4CB #4A63CB

triadic

#4AA4CB #CB4AA4 #A4CB4A

tetradic

#4AA4CB #B24ACB #CB714A #63CB4A

square

#4AA4CB #B24ACB #CB714A #63CB4A

split-complementary

#4AA4CB #CB4A63 #CBB24A

monochromatic

#235E78 #3084A8 #4AA4CB #7ABCD9 #A9D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4AA4CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#4AA4CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4CB

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4CB	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.103 229.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#4aa4cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4cb;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.14,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67995,
    "c": 0.10268,
    "h": 229.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4CB

secondary

#D4AE9D

accent

#7649DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4CB

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

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