#4AA9CD#4AA9CD

#4AA9CD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 226.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9CD
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 17.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.15, -16.98, -26.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.15, 31.59, 237.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.26% -0.0713 -0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(69.26% 0.103 226.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0271, 34.2366, 62.8770)
Luminance	0.3424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9CD #CD6E4A

analogous

#4ACDB0 #4AA9CD #4A67CD

triadic

#4AA9CD #CD4AA9 #A9CD4A

tetradic

#4AA9CD #B04ACD #CD6E4A #67CD4A

square

#4AA9CD #B04ACD #CD6E4A #67CD4A

split-complementary

#4AA9CD #CD4A67 #CDB04A

monochromatic

#22627B #2F89AB #4AA9CD #7AC0DA #AAD7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#4AA9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#4AA9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9CD

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9CD	1.00	2.68	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A6CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 226.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dc',
    500: '#4aa9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9cd;
$custom-light: #8ac2dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.489,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69256,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 226.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9CD

secondary

#D5AD9E

accent

#7248E0

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9CD

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

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