#4AAEC4#4AAEC4

#4AAEC4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 214.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEC4
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 196)
HSL	hsl(191, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(191, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 11.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -22.36, -19.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 29.93, 221.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.08 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.097 214.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9198, 35.7106, 57.6353)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEC4 #C4604A

analogous

#4AC49D #4AAEC4 #4A71C4

triadic

#4AAEC4 #C44AAE #AEC44A

tetradic

#4AAEC4 #9D4AC4 #C4604A #71C44A

square

#4AAEC4 #9D4AC4 #C4604A #71C44A

split-complementary

#4AAEC4 #C44A71 #C49D4A

monochromatic

#24626F #338A9D #4AAEC4 #78C3D3 #A6D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#4AAEC4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#4AAEC4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEC4

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEC4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEC4	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9BC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaec4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 214.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6d5',
    500: '#4aaec4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaec4;
$custom-light: #89c6d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaec4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.82,
    "s": 50.833,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70066,
    "c": 0.09722,
    "h": 214.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEC4

secondary

#CFA49B

accent

#674DDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEC4

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

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