#4AA9BF#4AA9BF

#4AA9BF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.094 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9BF
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 191)
HSL	hsl(191, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -21.29, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 28.97, 222.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.67% -0.0767 -0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(68.67% 0.094 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4122, 33.5907, 54.3718)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9BF #BF604A

analogous

#4ABF9B #4AA9BF #4A6FBF

triadic

#4AA9BF #BF4AA9 #A9BF4A

tetradic

#4AA9BF #9B4ABF #BF604A #6FBF4A

square

#4AA9BF #9B4ABF #BF604A #6FBF4A

split-complementary

#4AA9BF #BF4A6F #BF9B4A

monochromatic

#255D69 #358497 #4AA9BF #77BECF #A4D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4AA9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#4AA9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9BF

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9BF	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8897BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.094 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2d2',
    500: '#4aa9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9bf;
$custom-light: #88c2d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.282,
    "s": 47.755,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68674,
    "c": 0.09409,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9BF

secondary

#CCA299

accent

#6A50D7

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0C1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9BF

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

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