#4AA8D0#4AA8D0

#4AA8D0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.106 H 229.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA8D0
RGB	rgb(74, 168, 208)
HSL	hsl(198, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(198, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 19.2%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -15.51, -28.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 32.51, 241.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0691 -0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.106 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2073, 34.0122, 64.7407)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA8D0 #D0724A

analogous

#4AD0B5 #4AA8D0 #4A65D0

triadic

#4AA8D0 #D04AA8 #A8D04A

tetradic

#4AA8D0 #B54AD0 #D0724A #65D04A

square

#4AA8D0 #B54AD0 #D0724A #65D04A

split-complementary

#4AA8D0 #D04A65 #D0B54A

monochromatic

#21637F #2E89AF #4AA8D0 #7BBFDD #ABD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4AA8D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4AA8D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA8D0

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA8D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA8D0	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93A5D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8198CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa8d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 168, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.106 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac1de',
    500: '#4aa8d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa8d0;
$custom-light: #8ac1de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa8d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.91,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69152,
    "c": 0.10565,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA8D0

secondary

#D7B09F

accent

#7446E2

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA8D0

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

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