#4A9BAD#4A9BAD

#4A9BAD is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 214.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BAD
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 173)
HSL	hsl(191, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 10.4%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -19.38, -16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 25.70, 221.05°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0685 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.083 214.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.0852, 27.9136, 43.7510)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BAD #AD5C4A

analogous

#4AAD8D #4A9BAD #4A69AD

triadic

#4A9BAD #AD4A9B #9BAD4A

tetradic

#4A9BAD #8D4AAD #AD5C4A #69AD4A

square

#4A9BAD #8D4AAD #AD5C4A #69AD4A

split-complementary

#4A9BAD #AD4A69 #AD8D4A

monochromatic

#254E57 #387582 #4A9BAD #72B4C3 #9DCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4A9BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4A9BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BAD

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BAD	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E96AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 214.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8c5',
    500: '#4a9bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bad;
$custom-light: #85b8c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.909,
    "s": 40.081,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64594,
    "c": 0.08295,
    "h": 214.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BAD

secondary

#C19A91

accent

#6E58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BAD

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

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