#4AABCD#4AABCD

#4AABCD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.103 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AABCD
RGB	rgb(74, 171, 205)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 16.6%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -18.04, -25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 31.43, 234.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.73% -0.0734 -0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(69.73% 0.103 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4020, 34.9865, 63.0020)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AABCD #CD6C4A

analogous

#4ACDAE #4AABCD #4A69CD

triadic

#4AABCD #CD4AAB #ABCD4A

tetradic

#4AABCD #AE4ACD #CD6C4A #69CD4A

square

#4AABCD #AE4ACD #CD6C4A #69CD4A

split-complementary

#4AABCD #CD4A69 #CDAE4A

monochromatic

#22647B #2F8BAB #4AABCD #7AC1DA #AAD8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#4AABCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#4AABCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AABCD

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AABCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AABCD	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A7CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869ACD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aabcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 171, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.103 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4dc',
    500: '#4aabcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aabcd;
$custom-light: #8ac4dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aabcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.573,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69726,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AABCD

secondary

#D5AC9E

accent

#6F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AABCD

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

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