#4A9BAE#4A9BAE

#4A9BAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.083 H 215.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9BAE
RGB	rgb(74, 155, 174)
HSL	hsl(191, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 10.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.85, -19.08, -17.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.85, 25.82, 222.34°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% -0.0681 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.083 215.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.1823, 27.9524, 44.2625)
Luminance	0.2796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9BAE #AE5D4A

analogous

#4AAE8F #4A9BAE #4A69AE

triadic

#4A9BAE #AE4A9B #9BAE4A

tetradic

#4A9BAE #8F4AAE #AE5D4A #69AE4A

square

#4A9BAE #8F4AAE #AE5D4A #69AE4A

split-complementary

#4A9BAE #AE4A69 #AE8F4A

monochromatic

#254E58 #387583 #4A9BAE #72B4C3 #9DCBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4A9BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#4A9BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9BAE

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9BAE	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E97AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 155, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.083 215.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86b8c6',
    500: '#4a9bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9bae;
$custom-light: #86b8c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.4,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64634,
    "c": 0.08345,
    "h": 215.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9BAE

secondary

#C29B92

accent

#6F58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9BAE

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

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