#4AA8BE#4AA8BE

#4AA8BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.093 H 215.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8BE
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 11.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -21.07, -19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 28.77, 222.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% -0.076 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.093 215.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.1172, 33.1762, 53.7325)
Luminance	0.3318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8BE #BE604A

analogous

#4ABE9A #4AA8BE #4A6EBE

triadic

#4AA8BE #BE4AA8 #A8BE4A

tetradic

#4AA8BE #9A4ABE #BE604A #6EBE4A

square

#4AA8BE #9A4ABE #BE604A #6EBE4A

split-complementary

#4AA8BE #BE4A6E #BE9A4A

monochromatic

#255C68 #368395 #4AA8BE #77BECE #A4D3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4AA8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#4AA8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8BE

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8BE	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A3BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8896BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.093 215.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d1',
    500: '#4aa8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8be;
$custom-light: #88c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.379,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68395,
    "c": 0.09345,
    "h": 215.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8BE

secondary

#CBA298

accent

#6A51D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8BE

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

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