#4A809E#4A809E

#4A809E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.074 H 234.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A809E
RGB	rgb(74, 128, 158)
HSL	hsl(201, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(201, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 19%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.11, -9.14, -21.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.11, 23.42, 247.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.47% -0.0429 -0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(57.47% 0.074 234.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7125, 19.3614, 35.1975)
Luminance	0.1936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A809E #9E684A

analogous

#4A9E92 #4A809E #4A569E

triadic

#4A809E #9E4A80 #809E4A

tetradic

#4A809E #924A9E #9E684A #569E4A

square

#4A809E #924A9E #9E684A #569E4A

split-complementary

#4A809E #9E4A56 #9E924A

monochromatic

#233C4B #365E74 #4A809E #6B9EBA #95B9CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#4A809E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#4A809E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A809E

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A809E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A809E	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#727F9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#66769E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16888A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a809e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 128, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.074 234.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a4ba',
    500: '#4a809e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a809e;
$custom-light: #82a4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a809e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.429,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57465,
    "c": 0.07378,
    "h": 234.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A809E

secondary

#B99B8A

accent

#845CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A809E

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

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