#4A8899#4A8899

#4A8899 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.069 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8899
RGB	rgb(74, 136, 153)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 11.1%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -15.12, -15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 21.47, 225.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0546 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.069 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3758, 21.3626, 33.3385)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8899 #995B4A

analogous

#4A9983 #4A8899 #4A6199

triadic

#4A8899 #994A88 #88994A

tetradic

#4A8899 #834A99 #995B4A #61994A

square

#4A8899 #834A99 #995B4A #61994A

split-complementary

#4A8899 #994A61 #99834A

monochromatic

#223F47 #366370 #4A8899 #6AA6B7 #93BFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#4A8899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#4A8899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8899

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8899	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8E8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 136, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.069 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aab7',
    500: '#4a8899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8899;
$custom-light: #82aab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.911,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59184,
    "c": 0.06896,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8899

secondary

#B79288

accent

#755DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8899

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

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