#4AACCE#4AACCE

#4AACCE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 224.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACCE
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 16.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -18.26, -25.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 31.59, 234.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.074 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.103 224.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7127, 35.4141, 63.7030)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACCE #CE6C4A

analogous

#4ACEAE #4AACCE #4A6ACE

triadic

#4AACCE #CE4AAC #ACCE4A

tetradic

#4AACCE #AE4ACE #CE6C4A #6ACE4A

square

#4AACCE #AE4ACE #CE6C4A #6ACE4A

split-complementary

#4AACCE #CE4A6A #CEAE4A

monochromatic

#22657C #2F8CAC #4AACCE #7AC2DB #AAD8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4AACCE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#4AACCE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACCE

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACCE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACCE	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A8D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#869BCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 224.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.455,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70003,
    "c": 0.1032,
    "h": 224.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACCE

secondary

#D6AC9E

accent

#6F47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACCE

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

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