#4AA5CB#4AA5CB

#4AA5CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5CB
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 203)
HSL	hsl(198, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 18.7%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, -15.48, -27.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 31.52, 240.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% -0.0678 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.102 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0544, 32.6751, 61.3695)
Luminance	0.3268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5CB #CB704A

analogous

#4ACBB0 #4AA5CB #4A65CB

triadic

#4AA5CB #CB4AA5 #A5CB4A

tetradic

#4AA5CB #B04ACB #CB704A #65CB4A

square

#4AA5CB #B04ACB #CB704A #65CB4A

split-complementary

#4AA5CB #CB4A65 #CBB04A

monochromatic

#235F78 #3084A8 #4AA5CB #7ABDD9 #A9D4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4AA5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.54

#4AA5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5CB

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5CB	1.00	2.79	7.54	7.54
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#4aa5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5cb;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.674,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6823,
    "c": 0.10239,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5CB

secondary

#D4AD9D

accent

#7549DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5CB

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

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