#4AA8CB#4AA8CB

#4AA8CB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.102 H 225.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8CB
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 203)
HSL	hsl(196, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.5%, 17.2%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.78, -17.08, -26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.78, 31.19, 236.79°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.071 -0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.102 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6019, 33.7700, 61.5520)
Luminance	0.3377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8CB #CB6D4A

analogous

#4ACBAE #4AA8CB #4A68CB

triadic

#4AA8CB #CB4AA8 #A8CB4A

tetradic

#4AA8CB #AE4ACB #CB6D4A #68CB4A

square

#4AA8CB #AE4ACB #CB6D4A #68CB4A

split-complementary

#4AA8CB #CB4A68 #CBAE4A

monochromatic

#236178 #3087A8 #4AA8CB #7ABFD9 #A9D6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4AA8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#4AA8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8CB

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8CB	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A5CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8397CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.102 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2db',
    500: '#4aa8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8cb;
$custom-light: #89c2db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.279,
    "s": 55.365,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68935,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8CB

secondary

#D4AC9D

accent

#7249DF

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8CB

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

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