#4AA8CF#4AA8CF

#4AA8CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.105 H 228.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8CF
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 207)
HSL	hsl(198, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.8%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -15.82, -28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 32.23, 240.60°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.0695 -0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.105 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.0847, 33.9632, 64.0948)
Luminance	0.3397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8CF #CF714A

analogous

#4ACFB4 #4AA8CF #4A65CF

triadic

#4AA8CF #CF4AA8 #A8CF4A

tetradic

#4AA8CF #B44ACF #CF714A #65CF4A

square

#4AA8CF #B44ACF #CF714A #65CF4A

split-complementary

#4AA8CF #CF4A65 #CFB44A

monochromatic

#21627D #2E88AE #4AA8CF #7ABFDC #ABD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4AA8CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#4AA8CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8CF

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8CF	1.00	2.69	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94A5D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.105 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#4aa8cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8cf;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.594,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69108,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8CF

secondary

#D6AF9F

accent

#7446E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8CF

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

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