#4A899E#4A899E

#4A899E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.072 H 221.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A899E
RGB	rgb(74, 137, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 36%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(195, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.2%, 13.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.83, -14.18, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.83, 22.44, 230.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.63% -0.0537 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(59.63% 0.072 221.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.9389, 21.8142, 35.6063)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A899E #9E5F4A

analogous

#4A9E89 #4A899E #4A5F9E

triadic

#4A899E #9E4A89 #899E4A

tetradic

#4A899E #894A9E #9E5F4A #5F9E4A

square

#4A899E #894A9E #9E5F4A #5F9E4A

split-complementary

#4A899E #9E4A5F #9E894A

monochromatic

#23414B #366574 #4A899E #6BA6BA #95BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4A899E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4A899E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A899E

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A899E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A899E	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)

#7D869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#119090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a899e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 137, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.072 221.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abba',
    500: '#4a899e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a899e;
$custom-light: #83abba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a899e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195,
    "s": 36.207,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59631,
    "c": 0.0722,
    "h": 221.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A899E

secondary

#B9968A

accent

#785CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A899E

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

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