#4A869E#4A869E

#4A869E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.072 H 226.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A869E
RGB	rgb(74, 134, 158)
HSL	hsl(197, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 15.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.92, -12.52, -18.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.92, 22.57, 236.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.91% -0.0502 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(58.91% 0.072 226.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.5184, 20.9732, 35.4662)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A869E #9E624A

analogous

#4A9E8C #4A869E #4A5C9E

triadic

#4A869E #9E4A86 #869E4A

tetradic

#4A869E #8C4A9E #9E624A #5C9E4A

square

#4A869E #8C4A9E #9E624A #5C9E4A

split-complementary

#4A869E #9E4A5C #9E8C4A

monochromatic

#233F4B #366374 #4A869E #6BA3BA #95BDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#4A869E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#4A869E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A869E

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A869E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A869E	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#79849F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#138D8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a869e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 134, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.072 226.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a9ba',
    500: '#4a869e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a869e;
$custom-light: #83a9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a869e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58906,
    "c": 0.07234,
    "h": 226.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A869E

secondary

#B9988A

accent

#7C5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A869E

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