#4AA4CE#4AA4CE

#4AA4CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.105 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA4CE
RGB	rgb(74, 164, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 20.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.72, -13.99, -29.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.72, 32.55, 244.55°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0657 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.105 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.2357, 32.4602, 63.2106)
Luminance	0.3246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA4CE #CE744A

analogous

#4ACEB6 #4AA4CE #4A62CE

triadic

#4AA4CE #CE4AA4 #A4CE4A

tetradic

#4AA4CE #B64ACE #CE744A #62CE4A

square

#4AA4CE #B64ACE #CE744A #62CE4A

split-complementary

#4AA4CE #CE4A62 #CEB64A

monochromatic

#225F7C #2F84AC #4AA4CE #7ABCDB #AAD4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4AA4CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#4AA4CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA4CE

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA4CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA4CE	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8FA2D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D94CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa4ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 164, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.105 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdd',
    500: '#4aa4ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa4ce;
$custom-light: #8abfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa4ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.091,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68129,
    "c": 0.10527,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA4CE

secondary

#D6B09E

accent

#7847E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA4CE

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

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