#4AACCC#4AACCC

#4AACCC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.102 H 222.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACCC
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 204)
HSL	hsl(195, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.7%, 15.7%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.00, -18.88, -24.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.00, 31.15, 232.70°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0748 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.102 222.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4713, 35.3175, 62.4315)
Luminance	0.3532 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACCC #CC6A4A

analogous

#4ACCAB #4AACCC #4A6BCC

triadic

#4AACCC #CC4AAC #ACCC4A

tetradic

#4AACCC #AB4ACC #CC6A4A #6BCC4A

square

#4AACCC #AB4ACC #CC6A4A #6BCC4A

split-complementary

#4AACCC #CC4A6B #CCAB4A

monochromatic

#226479 #308BA9 #4AACCC #7AC2D9 #A9D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4AACCC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#4AACCC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACCC

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACCC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACCC	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA8CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#879ACC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaccc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.102 222.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4db',
    500: '#4aaccc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaccc;
$custom-light: #8ac4db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaccc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.769,
    "s": 56.034,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69919,
    "c": 0.10181,
    "h": 222.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACCC

secondary

#D4AB9D

accent

#6E48DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACCC

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

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