#4AA4CC#4AA4CC

#4AA4CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.104 H 230.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4CC
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 19.6%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.64, -14.62, -28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.64, 31.95, 242.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0664 -0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.104 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.9943, 32.3636, 61.9392)
Luminance	0.3237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4CC #CC724A

analogous

#4ACCB3 #4AA4CC #4A63CC

triadic

#4AA4CC #CC4AA4 #A4CC4A

tetradic

#4AA4CC #B34ACC #CC724A #63CC4A

square

#4AA4CC #B34ACC #CC724A #63CC4A

split-complementary

#4AA4CC #CC4A63 #CCB34A

monochromatic

#225F79 #3084A9 #4AA4CC #7ABCD9 #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4AA4CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4AA4CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4CC

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4CC	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E94CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.104 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#4aa4cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4cc;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6804,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4CC

secondary

#D4AE9D

accent

#7748DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4CC

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

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