#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
RGBrgb(74, 172, 208)
HSLhsl(196, 59%, 55%)
HSVhsv(196, 64%, 82%)
CMYKcmyk(64.4%, 17.3%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LABlab(66.15, -17.63, -26.76)
CIE-LCHlch(66.15, 32.05, 236.62°)
OKLaboklab(70.09% -0.0733 -0.0747)
OKLCHoklch(70.09% 0.105 225.6)
XYZxyz(28.9572, 35.5119, 64.9907)
Luminance0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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
##4AACD01.002.598.108.10
#FFFFFF2.591.0021.0021.00
#0000008.1021.001.001.00
##0000008.1021.001.001.00

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

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#4AACD0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva