#4AA5CD#4AA5CD

#4AA5CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.104 H 229.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5CD
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 19.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, -14.85, -28.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 32.09, 242.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0671 -0.0795)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.104 229.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2943, 32.7711, 62.6328)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5CD #CD724A

analogous

#4ACDB4 #4AA5CD #4A63CD

triadic

#4AA5CD #CD4AA5 #A5CD4A

tetradic

#4AA5CD #B44ACD #CD724A #63CD4A

square

#4AA5CD #B44ACD #CD724A #63CD4A

split-complementary

#4AA5CD #CD4A63 #CDB44A

monochromatic

#22607B #2F85AB #4AA5CD #7ABDDA #AAD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4AA5CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4AA5CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5CD

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5CD	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)

#91A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.104 229.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdc',
    500: '#4aa5cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5cd;
$custom-light: #8abfdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.321,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68318,
    "c": 0.10406,
    "h": 229.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5CD

secondary

#D5AF9E

accent

#7648E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5CD

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

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