#4AA4CD#4AA4CD

#4AA4CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.104 H 230.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4CD
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 205)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 20%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -14.31, -28.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 32.25, 243.66°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.066 -0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.104 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1146, 32.4117, 62.5729)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4CD #CD734A

analogous

#4ACDB5 #4AA4CD #4A62CD

triadic

#4AA4CD #CD4AA4 #A4CD4A

tetradic

#4AA4CD #B54ACD #CD734A #62CD4A

square

#4AA4CD #B54ACD #CD734A #62CD4A

split-complementary

#4AA4CD #CD4A62 #CDB54A

monochromatic

#225F7B #2F84AB #4AA4CD #7ABCDA #AAD4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4AA4CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4AA4CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4CD

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4CD	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.104 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdc',
    500: '#4aa4cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4cd;
$custom-light: #89bfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.779,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68084,
    "c": 0.10439,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4CD

secondary

#D5AF9E

accent

#7748E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4CD

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

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