#4A899C#4A899C

#4A899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.071 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A899C
RGB	rgb(74, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.6%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -14.78, -16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 22.04, 227.89°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0545 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.071 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7682, 21.7459, 34.7071)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A899C #9C5D4A

analogous

#4A9C86 #4A899C #4A609C

triadic

#4A899C #9C4A89 #899C4A

tetradic

#4A899C #864A9C #9C5D4A #609C4A

square

#4A899C #864A9C #9C5D4A #609C4A

split-complementary

#4A899C #9C4A60 #9C864A

monochromatic

#234049 #366572 #4A899C #6BA7B9 #94BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#4A899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4A899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A899C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A899C	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#158F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.071 219.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abb9',
    500: '#4a899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a899c;
$custom-light: #83abb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.902,
    "s": 35.652,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59549,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A899C

secondary

#B89489

accent

#765CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A899C

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

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