#4AA9BE#4AA9BE

#4AA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.094 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9BE
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -21.59, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 28.85, 221.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% -0.0771 -0.0531)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.094 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3025, 33.5468, 53.7942)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9BE #BE5F4A

analogous

#4ABE99 #4AA9BE #4A6FBE

triadic

#4AA9BE #BE4AA9 #A9BE4A

tetradic

#4AA9BE #994ABE #BE5F4A #6FBE4A

square

#4AA9BE #994ABE #BE5F4A #6FBE4A

split-complementary

#4AA9BE #BE4A6F #BE994A

monochromatic

#255C68 #368495 #4AA9BE #77BECE #A4D4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4AA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#4AA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9BE

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9BE	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.094 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d1',
    500: '#4aa9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9be;
$custom-light: #88c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.862,
    "s": 47.154,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68635,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33549
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9BE

secondary

#CBA298

accent

#6951D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9BE

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

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