#4AA8BB#4AA8BB

#4AA8BB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.092 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8BB
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 187)
HSL	hsl(190, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(190, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -21.97, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 28.46, 219.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0772 -0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.092 213)
XYZ	xyz(25.7927, 33.0464, 52.0234)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8BB #BB5D4A

analogous

#4ABB95 #4AA8BB #4A6FBB

triadic

#4AA8BB #BB4AA8 #A8BB4A

tetradic

#4AA8BB #954ABB #BB5D4A #6FBB4A

square

#4AA8BB #954ABB #BB5D4A #6FBB4A

split-complementary

#4AA8BB #BB4A6F #BB954A

monochromatic

#265A65 #378291 #4AA8BB #76BDCC #A3D3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4AA8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#4AA8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8BB

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8BB	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8996BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.092 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2cf',
    500: '#4aa8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8bb;
$custom-light: #88c2cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.088,
    "s": 45.382,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68277,
    "c": 0.09205,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.33049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8BB

secondary

#C9A097

accent

#6953D5

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8BB

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

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