#4A8A9B#4A8A9B

#4A8A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.070 H 217.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A8A9B
RGB	rgb(74, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(193, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -15.62, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 21.91, 224.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% -0.0562 -0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.07 217.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8266, 21.9978, 34.3106)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A8A9B #9B5B4A

analogous

#4A9B84 #4A8A9B #4A619B

triadic

#4A8A9B #9B4A8A #8A9B4A

tetradic

#4A8A9B #844A9B #9B5B4A #619B4A

square

#4A8A9B #844A9B #9B5B4A #619B4A

split-complementary

#4A8A9B #9B4A61 #9B844A

monochromatic

#224048 #366572 #4A8A9B #6AA8B8 #94C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4A8A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#4A8A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A8A9B

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A8A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A8A9B	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#16908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a8a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.070 217.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acb8',
    500: '#4a8a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a8a9b;
$custom-light: #83acb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a8a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.593,
    "s": 35.371,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59751,
    "c": 0.07043,
    "h": 217.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A8A9B

secondary

#B89389

accent

#745CCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A8A9B

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

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