#4A8299#4A8299

#4A8299 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.069 H 226.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8299
RGB	rgb(74, 130, 153)
HSL	hsl(197, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 15%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.52, -11.80, -18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.52, 21.54, 236.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.73% -0.0473 -0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(57.73% 0.069 226.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5543, 19.7197, 33.0647)
Luminance	0.1972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8299 #99614A

analogous

#4A9989 #4A8299 #4A5B99

triadic

#4A8299 #994A82 #82994A

tetradic

#4A8299 #894A99 #99614A #5B994A

square

#4A8299 #894A99 #99614A #5B994A

split-complementary

#4A8299 #994A5B #99894A

monochromatic

#223C47 #365F70 #4A8299 #6AA0B7 #93BACB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#4A8299 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#4A8299 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8299

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8299	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8299	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#76809A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C8989

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8299;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 130, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.069 226.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a6b7',
    500: '#4a8299',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8299;
$custom-light: #82a6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8299",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.468,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57728,
    "c": 0.06879,
    "h": 226.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8299

secondary

#B79688

accent

#7D5DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8299

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

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