#4AAEC8#4AAEC8

#4AAEC8 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 217.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEC8
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 200)
HSL	hsl(192, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(192, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(63%, 13%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.44, -21.15, -21.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.44, 30.44, 225.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0784 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.099 217.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3812, 35.8951, 60.0651)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEC8 #C8644A

analogous

#4AC8A3 #4AAEC8 #4A6FC8

triadic

#4AAEC8 #C84AAE #AEC84A

tetradic

#4AAEC8 #A34AC8 #C8644A #6FC84A

square

#4AAEC8 #A34AC8 #C8644A #6FC84A

split-complementary

#4AAEC8 #C84A6F #C8A34A

monochromatic

#236474 #328CA3 #4AAEC8 #79C3D6 #A8D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4AAEC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#4AAEC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEC8

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEC8	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaec8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 217.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6d8',
    500: '#4aaec8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaec8;
$custom-light: #8ac6d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaec8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.381,
    "s": 53.39,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70227,
    "c": 0.09928,
    "h": 217.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEC8

secondary

#D2A79C

accent

#694BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEC8

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

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