#4AA8CD#4AA8CD

#4AA8CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.103 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8CD
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 205)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 18%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.86, -16.45, -27.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.86, 31.69, 238.73°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0702 -0.0757)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.103 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8418, 33.8660, 62.8153)
Luminance	0.3387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8CD #CD6F4A

analogous

#4ACDB1 #4AA8CD #4A66CD

triadic

#4AA8CD #CD4AA8 #A8CD4A

tetradic

#4AA8CD #B14ACD #CD6F4A #66CD4A

square

#4AA8CD #B14ACD #CD6F4A #66CD4A

split-complementary

#4AA8CD #CD4A66 #CDB14A

monochromatic

#22627B #2F88AB #4AA8CD #7ABFDA #AAD6E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4AA8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.77

#4AA8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8CD

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8CD	1.00	2.70	7.77	7.77
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8297CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.103 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dc',
    500: '#4aa8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8cd;
$custom-light: #8ac2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.947,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69021,
    "c": 0.10322,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8CD

secondary

#D5AD9E

accent

#7348E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8CD

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

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