#4A8596#4A8596

#4A8596 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.067 H 218.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8596
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(193, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.32, -14.36, -15.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.32, 20.81, 226.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0522 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.067 218.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7145, 20.4315, 31.9111)
Luminance	0.2043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8596 #965B4A

analogous

#4A9681 #4A8596 #4A5F96

triadic

#4A8596 #964A85 #85964A

tetradic

#4A8596 #814A96 #965B4A #5F964A

square

#4A8596 #814A96 #965B4A #5F964A

split-complementary

#4A8596 #964A5F #96814A

monochromatic

#223C44 #36616D #4A8596 #68A4B5 #91BDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#4A8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4A8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8596

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8596	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F8B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.067 218.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8b4',
    500: '#4a8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8596;
$custom-light: #82a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.421,
    "s": 33.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58331,
    "c": 0.06673,
    "h": 218.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8596

secondary

#B59187

accent

#765ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8596

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

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