#4AAEC9#4AAEC9

#4AAEC9 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.100 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAEC9
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 201)
HSL	hsl(193, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(193, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 13.4%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -20.84, -22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 30.59, 227.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.078 -0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.1 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4984, 35.9420, 60.6826)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAEC9 #C9654A

analogous

#4AC9A5 #4AAEC9 #4A6FC9

triadic

#4AAEC9 #C94AAE #AEC94A

tetradic

#4AAEC9 #A54AC9 #C9654A #6FC94A

square

#4AAEC9 #A54AC9 #C9654A #6FC94A

split-complementary

#4AAEC9 #C94A6F #C9A54A

monochromatic

#236476 #318CA5 #4AAEC9 #79C3D7 #A8D8E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4AAEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#4AAEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAEC9

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAEC9	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA9CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B9CC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.100 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6d9',
    500: '#4aaec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaec9;
$custom-light: #8ac6d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.756,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70268,
    "c": 0.09984,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAEC9

secondary

#D2A89C

accent

#6A4ADD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAEC9

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

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