#4AA5C8#4AA5C8

#4AA5C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.100 H 226.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5C8
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 200)
HSL	hsl(197, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(197, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 17.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -16.42, -25.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 30.72, 237.69°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0689 -0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.1 226.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7004, 32.5335, 59.5048)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5C8 #C86D4A

analogous

#4AC8AC #4AA5C8 #4A66C8

triadic

#4AA5C8 #C84AA5 #A5C84A

tetradic

#4AA5C8 #AC4AC8 #C86D4A #66C84A

square

#4AA5C8 #AC4AC8 #C86D4A #66C84A

split-complementary

#4AA5C8 #C84A66 #C8AC4A

monochromatic

#235E74 #3284A3 #4AA5C8 #79BCD6 #A8D4E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4AA5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#4AA5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5C8

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5C8	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8095C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.100 226.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfd8',
    500: '#4aa5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5c8;
$custom-light: #89bfd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.667,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68099,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 226.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5C8

secondary

#D2AB9C

accent

#744BDD

background

#F8FBFD

surface

#F0F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5C8

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

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