#4AA9BD#4AA9BD

#4AA9BD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.093 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9BD
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 189)
HSL	hsl(190, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 10.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -21.89, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 28.75, 220.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% -0.0775 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.093 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1936, 33.5032, 53.2206)
Luminance	0.3351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9BD #BD5E4A

analogous

#4ABD98 #4AA9BD #4A70BD

triadic

#4AA9BD #BD4AA9 #A9BD4A

tetradic

#4AA9BD #984ABD #BD5E4A #70BD4A

square

#4AA9BD #984ABD #BD5E4A #70BD4A

split-complementary

#4AA9BD #BD4A70 #BD984A

monochromatic

#265C67 #368494 #4AA9BD #77BECD #A4D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#4AA9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#4AA9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9BD

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9BD	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.093 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d0',
    500: '#4aa9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9bd;
$custom-light: #88c2d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.435,
    "s": 46.559,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68595,
    "c": 0.09313,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9BD

secondary

#CBA198

accent

#6952D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9BD

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

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