#4A91AE#4A91AE

#4A91AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.083 H 227.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A91AE
RGB	rgb(74, 145, 174)
HSL	hsl(197, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(197, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 16.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -13.70, -21.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 25.89, 238.06°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% -0.0568 -0.0611)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.083 227.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.5865, 24.7607, 43.7306)
Luminance	0.2476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#4A91AE #AE674A

analogous

#4AAE99 #4A91AE #4A5FAE

triadic

#4A91AE #AE4A91 #91AE4A

tetradic

#4A91AE #994AAE #AE674A #5FAE4A

square

#4A91AE #994AAE #AE674A #5FAE4A

split-complementary

#4A91AE #AE4A5F #AE994A

monochromatic

#254958 #386D83 #4A91AE #72ACC3 #9DC5D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#4A91AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#4A91AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A91AE

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A91AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A91AE	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7384AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a91ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 145, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.083 227.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b1c6',
    500: '#4a91ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a91ae;
$custom-light: #85b1c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a91ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62233,
    "c": 0.08346,
    "h": 227.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A91AE

secondary

#C2A092

accent

#7B58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F5F8

border

#CBCFD1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A91AE

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

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