#4AA6CD#4AA6CD

#4AA6CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.104 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA6CD
RGB	rgb(74, 166, 205)
HSL	hsl(198, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 19%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.27, -15.38, -27.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.27, 31.94, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0681 -0.0782)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.104 229)
XYZ	xyz(27.4754, 33.1332, 62.6931)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA6CD #CD714A

analogous

#4ACDB3 #4AA6CD #4A64CD

triadic

#4AA6CD #CD4AA6 #A6CD4A

tetradic

#4AA6CD #B34ACD #CD714A #64CD4A

square

#4AA6CD #B34ACD #CD714A #64CD4A

split-complementary

#4AA6CD #CD4A64 #CDB34A

monochromatic

#22607B #2F86AB #4AA6CD #7ABEDA #AAD5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4AA6CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#4AA6CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA6CD

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA6CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA6CD	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92A3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8096CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa6cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 166, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.104 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac0dc',
    500: '#4aa6cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa6cd;
$custom-light: #8ac0dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa6cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.863,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68552,
    "c": 0.10375,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.33136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA6CD

secondary

#D5AE9E

accent

#7548E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA6CD

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

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