#4B8296#4B8296

#4B8296 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.066 H 223.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8296
RGB	rgb(75, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, -12.46, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 20.57, 232.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0477 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.066 223.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3873, 19.6618, 31.7798)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8296 #965F4B

analogous

#4B9685 #4B8296 #4B5D96

triadic

#4B8296 #964B82 #82964B

tetradic

#4B8296 #854B96 #965F4B #5D964B

square

#4B8296 #854B96 #965F4B #5D964B

split-complementary

#4B8296 #964B5D #96854B

monochromatic

#223B44 #375F6D #4B8296 #6AA1B4 #93BAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#4B8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#4B8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8296

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8296	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#238888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.066 223.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a6b5',
    500: '#4b8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8296;
$custom-light: #82a6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5765,
    "c": 0.06575,
    "h": 223.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8296

secondary

#B59488

accent

#7B5EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8296

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

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