#4A9DAF#4A9DAF

#4A9DAF is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.084 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A9DAF
RGB	rgb(74, 157, 175)
HSL	hsl(191, 41%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(191, 58%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 10.3%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.48, -19.83, -16.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.48, 26.11, 220.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.16% -0.07 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(65.16% 0.084 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.6158, 28.6627, 44.8897)
Luminance	0.2867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A9DAF #AF5C4A

analogous

#4AAF8F #4A9DAF #4A6BAF

triadic

#4A9DAF #AF4A9D #9DAF4A

tetradic

#4A9DAF #8F4AAF #AF5C4A #6BAF4A

square

#4A9DAF #8F4AAF #AF5C4A #6BAF4A

split-complementary

#4A9DAF #AF4A6B #AF8F4A

monochromatic

#265059 #387684 #4A9DAF #73B5C4 #9ECCD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4A9DAF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4A9DAF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4A9DAF

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A9DAF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4A9DAF	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)

#9098B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#808DAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a9daf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 157, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.084 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac6',
    500: '#4a9daf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a9daf;
$custom-light: #86bac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a9daf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.693,
    "s": 40.562,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65156,
    "c": 0.08432,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28665
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A9DAF

secondary

#C29B92

accent

#6D57D0

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1113

muted

#7D8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A9DAF

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

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