#4AA5CC#4AA5CC

#4AA5CC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.103 H 229.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5CC
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 204)
HSL	hsl(198, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 19.1%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -15.16, -27.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 31.80, 241.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0674 -0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.103 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1740, 32.7229, 61.9991)
Luminance	0.3273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5CC #CC714A

analogous

#4ACCB2 #4AA5CC #4A64CC

triadic

#4AA5CC #CC4AA5 #A5CC4A

tetradic

#4AA5CC #B24ACC #CC714A #64CC4A

square

#4AA5CC #B24ACC #CC714A #64CC4A

split-complementary

#4AA5CC #CC4A64 #CCB24A

monochromatic

#225F79 #3085A9 #4AA5CC #7ABDD9 #A9D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4AA5CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4AA5CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5CC

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5CC	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91A2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F95CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.103 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89bfdb',
    500: '#4aa5cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5cc;
$custom-light: #89bfdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68274,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5CC

secondary

#D4AE9D

accent

#7648DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5CC

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

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