#4AA8CE#4AA8CE

#4AA8CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.104 H 227.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8CE
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.89, -16.14, -27.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.89, 31.96, 239.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.06% -0.0698 -0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(69.06% 0.104 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9628, 33.9144, 63.4530)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8CE #CE704A

analogous

#4ACEB2 #4AA8CE #4A66CE

triadic

#4AA8CE #CE4AA8 #A8CE4A

tetradic

#4AA8CE #B24ACE #CE704A #66CE4A

square

#4AA8CE #B24ACE #CE704A #66CE4A

split-complementary

#4AA8CE #CE4A66 #CEB24A

monochromatic

#22627C #2F88AC #4AA8CE #7ABFDB #AAD6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#4AA8CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#4AA8CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8CE

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8CE	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.104 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#4aa8ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8ce;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.273,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69064,
    "c": 0.10401,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8CE

secondary

#D6AE9E

accent

#7347E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8CE

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

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