#4A8599#4A8599

#4A8599 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.069 H 222.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8599
RGB	rgb(74, 133, 153)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 13.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -13.47, -16.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 21.40, 230.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.45% -0.0509 -0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.45% 0.069 222.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9592, 20.5294, 33.1997)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8599 #995E4A

analogous

#4A9986 #4A8599 #4A5E99

triadic

#4A8599 #994A85 #85994A

tetradic

#4A8599 #864A99 #995E4A #5E994A

square

#4A8599 #864A99 #995E4A #5E994A

split-complementary

#4A8599 #994A5E #99864A

monochromatic

#223D47 #366170 #4A8599 #6AA3B7 #93BCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#4A8599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#4A8599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8599

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8599	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79829A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B8B8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 133, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.069 222.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8b7',
    500: '#4a8599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8599;
$custom-light: #82a8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.19,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58454,
    "c": 0.06867,
    "h": 222.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8599

secondary

#B79488

accent

#795DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8599

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

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