#4A9DAE#4A9DAE

#4A9DAE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.084 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DAE
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 174)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -20.13, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 26.01, 219.30°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0704 -0.0456)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.084 213)
XYZ	xyz(22.5179, 28.6236, 44.3744)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DAE #AE5B4A

analogous

#4AAE8D #4A9DAE #4A6BAE

triadic

#4A9DAE #AE4A9D #9DAE4A

tetradic

#4A9DAE #8D4AAE #AE5B4A #6BAE4A

square

#4A9DAE #8D4AAE #AE5B4A #6BAE4A

split-complementary

#4A9DAE #AE4A6B #AE8D4A

monochromatic

#255058 #387683 #4A9DAE #72B5C3 #9DCCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4A9DAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4A9DAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DAE

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DAE	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9dae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.084 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac6',
    500: '#4a9dae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9dae;
$custom-light: #86bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9dae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.2,
    "s": 40.323,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65117,
    "c": 0.08386,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.28626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DAE

secondary

#C29A92

accent

#6C58D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DAE

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

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