#4A8296#4A8296

#4A8296 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.067 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8296
RGB	rgb(74, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(196, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, -12.70, -16.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 20.78, 232.32°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% -0.0485 -0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.067 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.3096, 19.6218, 31.7762)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8296 #965E4A

analogous

#4A9684 #4A8296 #4A5C96

triadic

#4A8296 #964A82 #82964A

tetradic

#4A8296 #844A96 #965E4A #5C964A

square

#4A8296 #844A96 #965E4A #5C964A

split-complementary

#4A8296 #964A5C #96844A

monochromatic

#223B44 #365E6D #4A8296 #68A1B5 #91BAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4A8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#4A8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8296

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8296	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#208888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.067 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a6b5',
    500: '#4a8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8296;
$custom-light: #82a6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57601,
    "c": 0.06651,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8296

secondary

#B59387

accent

#7A5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8296

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

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