#4AAEC6#4AAEC6

#4AAEC6 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.098 H 216.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEC6
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 198)
HSL	hsl(192, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 12.1%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -21.75, -20.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 30.16, 223.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0792 -0.0581)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.098 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1490, 35.8022, 58.8422)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEC6 #C6624A

analogous

#4AC6A0 #4AAEC6 #4A70C6

triadic

#4AAEC6 #C64AAE #AEC64A

tetradic

#4AAEC6 #A04AC6 #C6624A #70C64A

square

#4AAEC6 #A04AC6 #C6624A #70C64A

split-complementary

#4AAEC6 #C64A70 #C6A04A

monochromatic

#246372 #328BA0 #4AAEC6 #79C3D5 #A7D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4AAEC6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#4AAEC6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEC6

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEC6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEC6	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA9C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C9CC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaec6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.098 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c6d7',
    500: '#4aaec6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaec6;
$custom-light: #89c6d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaec6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 52.101,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70146,
    "c": 0.09821,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEC6

secondary

#D1A69B

accent

#684CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEC6

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

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