#4AAECE#4AAECE

#4AAECE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.103 H 222.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4AAECE
RGB	rgb(74, 174, 206)
HSL	hsl(195, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(195, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.1%, 15.5%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -19.31, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 31.49, 232.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0761 -0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.103 222.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0962, 36.1811, 63.8308)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4AAECE #CE6A4A

analogous

#4ACEAC #4AAECE #4A6CCE

triadic

#4AAECE #CE4AAE #AECE4A

tetradic

#4AAECE #AC4ACE #CE6A4A #6CCE4A

square

#4AAECE #AC4ACE #CE6A4A #6CCE4A

split-complementary

#4AAECE #CE4A6C #CEAC4A

monochromatic

#22667C #2F8EAC #4AAECE #7AC4DB #AAD9E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4AAECE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#4AAECE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4AAECE

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4AAECE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4AAECE	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BAAD0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#899CCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4aaece;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 174, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.103 222.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac6dd',
    500: '#4aaece',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4aaece;
$custom-light: #8ac6dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4aaece",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.545,
    "s": 57.391,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70474,
    "c": 0.10296,
    "h": 222.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4AAECE

secondary

#D6AC9E

accent

#6C47E1

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FB

border

#CBD1D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4AAECE

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

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