#4AA9CE#4AA9CE

#4AA9CE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.104 H 226.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9CE
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 206)
HSL	hsl(197, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 18%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -16.67, -27.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 31.84, 238.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.0709 -0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.104 226.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.1482, 34.2851, 63.5148)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9CE #CE6F4A

analogous

#4ACEB1 #4AA9CE #4A67CE

triadic

#4AA9CE #CE4AA9 #A9CE4A

tetradic

#4AA9CE #B14ACE #CE6F4A #67CE4A

square

#4AA9CE #B14ACE #CE6F4A #67CE4A

split-complementary

#4AA9CE #CE4A67 #CEB14A

monochromatic

#22637C #2F89AC #4AA9CE #7AC0DB #AAD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4AA9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#4AA9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9CE

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9CE	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8398CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.104 226.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#4aa9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9ce;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.818,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69299,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 226.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9CE

secondary

#D6AE9E

accent

#7247E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9CE

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

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