#4AAACE#4AAACE

#4AAACE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.104 H 226.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAACE
RGB	rgb(74, 170, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.48, -17.20, -26.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.48, 31.74, 237.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.53% -0.0719 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(69.53% 0.104 226)
XYZ	xyz(28.3349, 34.6586, 63.5770)
Luminance	0.3466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAACE #CE6E4A

analogous

#4ACEB0 #4AAACE #4A68CE

triadic

#4AAACE #CE4AAA #AACE4A

tetradic

#4AAACE #B04ACE #CE6E4A #68CE4A

square

#4AAACE #B04ACE #CE6E4A #68CE4A

split-complementary

#4AAACE #CE4A68 #CEB04A

monochromatic

#22637C #2F8AAC #4AAACE #7AC1DB #AAD7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#4AAACE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#4AAACE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAACE

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAACE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAACE	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96A7D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8499CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaace;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 170, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.104 226.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac3dd',
    500: '#4aaace',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaace;
$custom-light: #8ac3dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaace",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69534,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 226
  },
  "luminance": 0.34662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAACE

secondary

#D6AD9E

accent

#7147E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAACE

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

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