#4AA5CE#4AA5CE

#4AA5CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.105 H 230.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5CE
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 206)
HSL	hsl(199, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 19.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.01, -14.53, -28.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.01, 32.38, 243.34°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0667 -0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.105 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4154, 32.8195, 63.2705)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5CE #CE734A

analogous

#4ACEB5 #4AA5CE #4A63CE

triadic

#4AA5CE #CE4AA5 #A5CE4A

tetradic

#4AA5CE #B54ACE #CE734A #63CE4A

square

#4AA5CE #B54ACE #CE734A #63CE4A

split-complementary

#4AA5CE #CE4A63 #CEB54A

monochromatic

#22607C #2F85AC #4AA5CE #7ABDDB #AAD5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4AA5CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#4AA5CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5CE

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5CE	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E95CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.105 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfdd',
    500: '#4aa5ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5ce;
$custom-light: #8abfdd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.636,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68362,
    "c": 0.10492,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5CE

secondary

#D6AF9E

accent

#7747E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5CE

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

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