#4A8A99#4A8A99

#4A8A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.069 H 214.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8A99
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(191, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(191, 52%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.95, -16.21, -14.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.95, 21.63, 221.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.057 -0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.069 214.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.6601, 21.9312, 33.4333)
Luminance	0.2193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8A99 #99594A

analogous

#4A9981 #4A8A99 #4A6399

triadic

#4A8A99 #994A8A #8A994A

tetradic

#4A8A99 #814A99 #99594A #63994A

square

#4A8A99 #814A99 #99594A #63994A

split-complementary

#4A8A99 #994A63 #99814A

monochromatic

#224047 #366570 #4A8A99 #6AA8B7 #93C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#4A8A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4A8A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8A99

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8A99	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.069 214.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acb7',
    500: '#4a8a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8a99;
$custom-light: #82acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.392,
    "s": 34.802,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59671,
    "c": 0.06937,
    "h": 214.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8A99

secondary

#B79188

accent

#725DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8A99

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

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