#4A96AE#4A96AE

#4A96AE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.083 H 221.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A96AE
RGB	rgb(74, 150, 174)
HSL	hsl(194, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(194, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 13.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -16.42, -19.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 25.63, 230.16°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.0625 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.083 221.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.3674, 26.3225, 43.9909)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A96AE #AE624A

analogous

#4AAE94 #4A96AE #4A64AE

triadic

#4A96AE #AE4A96 #96AE4A

tetradic

#4A96AE #944AAE #AE624A #64AE4A

square

#4A96AE #944AAE #AE624A #64AE4A

split-complementary

#4A96AE #AE4A64 #AE944A

monochromatic

#254C58 #387183 #4A96AE #72B0C3 #9DC8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#4A96AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#4A96AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A96AE

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A96AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A96AE	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8893AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7988AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a96ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 150, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.083 221.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b5c6',
    500: '#4a96ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a96ae;
$custom-light: #85b5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a96ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6343,
    "c": 0.083,
    "h": 221.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A96AE

secondary

#C29D92

accent

#7558D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A96AE

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

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