Exploring the Color #4F9090

#4F9090 sits at 180° on the color wheel, placing it in the cyan family of the cool half of the spectrum. With 29% saturation and 44% lightness, it reads as a softly muted, shadowed tone — a balanced mid-energy presence that sits comfortably alongside other UI tones. Its RGB mix of 79, 144, 144 produces a 5.72:1 contrast ratio against black, which clears WCAG AA for body text in that pairing.

In RGB space #4F9090 is a clear variant of CSS steel blue — about 40 units away from #4682B4. Designers reach for cyan hues at this saturation when the brief calls for restraint and atmosphere, and at this lightness when they want a present, comfortable mid-canvas voice. On screen the cool cast tends to pair best with warm neutrals in the 25°-45° range to add life.

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