#4A899D#4A899D

#4A899D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.072 H 220.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A899D
RGB	rgb(74, 137, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.79, -14.48, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.79, 22.24, 229.36°)
OKLab	oklab(59.59% -0.0541 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(59.59% 0.072 220.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8532, 21.7799, 35.1549)
Luminance	0.2178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A899D #9D5E4A

analogous

#4A9D88 #4A899D #4A5F9D

triadic

#4A899D #9D4A89 #899D4A

tetradic

#4A899D #884A9D #9D5E4A #5F9D4A

square

#4A899D #884A9D #9D5E4A #5F9D4A

split-complementary

#4A899D #9D4A5F #9D884A

monochromatic

#23404A #366573 #4A899D #6BA6B9 #95BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4A899D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4A899D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A899D

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A899D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A899D	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a899d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 137, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.072 220.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abba',
    500: '#4a899d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a899d;
$custom-light: #83abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a899d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.458,
    "s": 35.931,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5959,
    "c": 0.07153,
    "h": 220.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A899D

secondary

#B9958A

accent

#775CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A899D

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

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