#4AA5C5#4AA5C5

#4AA5C5 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.098 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5C5
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 197)
HSL	hsl(196, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(196, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 16.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.67, -17.36, -24.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.67, 30.00, 234.65°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.07 -0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.098 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3532, 32.3946, 57.6765)
Luminance	0.3240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5C5 #C56A4A

analogous

#4AC5A7 #4AA5C5 #4A67C5

triadic

#4AA5C5 #C54AA5 #A5C54A

tetradic

#4AA5C5 #A74AC5 #C56A4A #67C54A

square

#4AA5C5 #A74AC5 #C56A4A #67C54A

split-complementary

#4AA5C5 #C54A67 #C5A74A

monochromatic

#245D71 #33839F #4AA5C5 #78BCD4 #A7D3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4AA5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4AA5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5C5

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5C5	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)

#93A2C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8295C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.098 224.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfd6',
    500: '#4aa5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5c5;
$custom-light: #89bfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.61,
    "s": 51.464,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67971,
    "c": 0.09777,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5C5

secondary

#D0A99B

accent

#724DDB

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5C5

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

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