#4AACD0#4AACD0

#4AACD0 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.105 H 225.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AACD0
RGB	rgb(74, 172, 208)
HSL	hsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -17.63, -26.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 32.05, 236.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0733 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.105 225.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9572, 35.5119, 64.9907)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AACD0 #D06E4A

analogous

#4AD0B1 #4AACD0 #4A69D0

triadic

#4AACD0 #D04AAC #ACD04A

tetradic

#4AACD0 #B14AD0 #D06E4A #69D04A

square

#4AACD0 #B14AD0 #D06E4A #69D04A

split-complementary

#4AACD0 #D04A69 #D0B14A

monochromatic

#21667F #2E8CAF #4AACD0 #7BC2DD #ABD9E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#4AACD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#4AACD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AACD0

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AACD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AACD0	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98A9D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#859BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aacd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 172, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.105 225.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac4de',
    500: '#4aacd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aacd0;
$custom-light: #8ac4de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aacd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.119,
    "s": 58.772,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70089,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 225.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AACD0

secondary

#D7AE9F

accent

#7046E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1215

muted

#7E8183

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AACD0

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

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