#4994AE#4994AE

#4994AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.084 H 223.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4994AE
RGB	rgb(73, 148, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 41%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(195, 58%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 14.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.70, -15.54, -20.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.70, 25.85, 233.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.0609 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.084 223.3)
XYZ	xyz(20.9746, 25.6503, 43.8818)
Luminance	0.2565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4994AE #AE6349

analogous

#49AE95 #4994AE #4961AE

triadic

#4994AE #AE4994 #94AE49

tetradic

#4994AE #9549AE #AE6349 #61AE49

square

#4994AE #9549AE #AE6349 #61AE49

split-complementary

#4994AE #AE4961 #AE9549

monochromatic

#254B58 #376F83 #4994AE #71AEC3 #9CC7D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#4994AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#4994AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4994AE

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4994AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4994AE	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8591AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7786AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4994ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(73, 148, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.084 223.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b3c6',
    500: '#4994ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4994ae;
$custom-light: #85b3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4994ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 73,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.446,
    "s": 40.891,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6291,
    "c": 0.08372,
    "h": 223.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4994AE

secondary

#C29E91

accent

#7657D1

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4994AE

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

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