#4AA5D0#4AA5D0

#4AA5D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.107 H 231.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA5D0
RGB	rgb(74, 165, 208)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(199, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 20.7%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -13.89, -29.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 32.99, 245.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% -0.066 -0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.107 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6599, 32.9173, 64.5582)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA5D0 #D0754A

analogous

#4AD0B8 #4AA5D0 #4A62D0

triadic

#4AA5D0 #D04AA5 #A5D04A

tetradic

#4AA5D0 #B84AD0 #D0754A #62D04A

square

#4AA5D0 #B84AD0 #D0754A #62D04A

split-complementary

#4AA5D0 #D04A62 #D0B84A

monochromatic

#21617F #2E86AF #4AA5D0 #7BBDDD #ABD5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4AA5D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#4AA5D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA5D0

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA5D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA5D0	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90A3D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D95CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa5d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 165, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.107 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8abfde',
    500: '#4aa5d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa5d0;
$custom-light: #8abfde;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa5d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.254,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68452,
    "c": 0.10668,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA5D0

secondary

#D7B19F

accent

#7846E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA5D0

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

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