#4AA5C4#4AA5C4

#4AA5C4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.097 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5C4
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 196)
HSL	hsl(195, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(195, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 15.8%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.63, -17.67, -23.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.63, 29.77, 233.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.93% -0.0704 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(67.93% 0.097 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2390, 32.3490, 57.0750)
Luminance	0.3235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5C4 #C4694A

analogous

#4AC4A6 #4AA5C4 #4A68C4

triadic

#4AA5C4 #C44AA5 #A5C44A

tetradic

#4AA5C4 #A64AC4 #C4694A #68C44A

square

#4AA5C4 #A64AC4 #C4694A #68C44A

split-complementary

#4AA5C4 #C44A68 #C4A64A

monochromatic

#245C6F #33829D #4AA5C4 #78BCD3 #A6D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4AA5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4AA5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5C4

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5C4	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)

#93A1C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8295C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.097 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfd6',
    500: '#4aa5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5c4;
$custom-light: #88bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.246,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67929,
    "c": 0.09706,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5C4

secondary

#CFA89B

accent

#714DDA

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5C4

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

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