#4AA9CF#4AA9CF

#4AA9CF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.105 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AA9CF
RGB	rgb(74, 169, 207)
HSL	hsl(197, 58%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(197, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.3%, 18.4%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -16.36, -27.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 32.10, 239.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.0705 -0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.105 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.2700, 34.3338, 64.1566)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AA9CF #CF704A

analogous

#4ACFB3 #4AA9CF #4A66CF

triadic

#4AA9CF #CF4AA9 #A9CF4A

tetradic

#4AA9CF #B34ACF #CF704A #66CF4A

square

#4AA9CF #B34ACF #CF704A #66CF4A

split-complementary

#4AA9CF #CF4A66 #CFB34A

monochromatic

#21637D #2E89AE #4AA9CF #7AC0DC #ABD7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#4AA9CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#4AA9CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AA9CF

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AA9CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AA9CF	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95A6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8298CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aa9cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 169, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.105 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac2dd',
    500: '#4aa9cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aa9cf;
$custom-light: #8ac2dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aa9cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 58.079,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69342,
    "c": 0.10456,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AA9CF

secondary

#D6AE9F

accent

#7346E1

background

#F9FBFD

surface

#F1F7FB

border

#CBD0D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AA9CF

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

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