#4AA9C8#4AA9C8

#4AA9C8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.099 H 222.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9C8
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 200)
HSL	hsl(195, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(195, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 15.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.96, -18.54, -24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.96, 30.45, 232.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.04% -0.0732 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(69.04% 0.099 222.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4332, 33.9991, 59.7491)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9C8 #C8694A

analogous

#4AC8A8 #4AA9C8 #4A6AC8

triadic

#4AA9C8 #C84AA9 #A9C84A

tetradic

#4AA9C8 #A84AC8 #C8694A #6AC84A

square

#4AA9C8 #A84AC8 #C8694A #6AC84A

split-complementary

#4AA9C8 #C84A6A #C8A84A

monochromatic

#236074 #3287A3 #4AA9C8 #79BFD6 #A8D6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4AA9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4AA9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9C8

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9C8	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)

#97A5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8598C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.099 222.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2d8',
    500: '#4aa9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9c8;
$custom-light: #89c2d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.762,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69043,
    "c": 0.0994,
    "h": 222.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9C8

secondary

#D2A99C

accent

#6F4BDD

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FA

border

#CBD0D3

text

#0D1214

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9C8

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

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