#4AABCE#4AABCE

#4AABCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 225.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AABCE
RGB	rgb(74, 171, 206)
HSL	hsl(196, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 17%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -17.73, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 31.66, 235.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.073 -0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.103 225.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.5231, 35.0349, 63.6398)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AABCE #CE6D4A

analogous

#4ACEAF #4AABCE #4A69CE

triadic

#4AABCE #CE4AAB #ABCE4A

tetradic

#4AABCE #AF4ACE #CE6D4A #69CE4A

square

#4AABCE #AF4ACE #CE6D4A #69CE4A

split-complementary

#4AABCE #CE4A69 #CEAF4A

monochromatic

#22647C #2F8BAC #4AABCE #7AC1DB #AAD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#4AABCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#4AABCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AABCE

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AABCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AABCE	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859ACE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aabce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 171, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 225.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4dd',
    500: '#4aabce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aabce;
$custom-light: #8ac4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aabce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.909,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69768,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 225.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AABCE

secondary

#D6AD9E

accent

#7047E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AABCE

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

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