#4AA5BF#4AA5BF

#4AA5BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.094 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5BF
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 191)
HSL	hsl(193, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(193, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 13.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.45, -19.20, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.45, 28.80, 228.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0723 -0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.094 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6794, 32.1251, 54.1276)
Luminance	0.3213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5BF #BF644A

analogous

#4ABF9E #4AA5BF #4A6BBF

triadic

#4AA5BF #BF4AA5 #A5BF4A

tetradic

#4AA5BF #9E4ABF #BF644A #6BBF4A

square

#4AA5BF #9E4ABF #BF644A #6BBF4A

split-complementary

#4AA5BF #BF4A6B #BF9E4A

monochromatic

#255A69 #358197 #4AA5BF #77BBCF #A4D2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4AA5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#4AA5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5BF

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5BF	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8494BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.094 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd2',
    500: '#4aa5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5bf;
$custom-light: #88bfd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.333,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6772,
    "c": 0.09378,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5BF

secondary

#CCA499

accent

#6E50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5BF

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

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