#4B8596#4B8596

#4B8596 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.066 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8596
RGB	rgb(75, 133, 150)
HSL	hsl(194, 33%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(194, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 11.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, -14.12, -14.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 20.59, 226.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0514 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.066 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7921, 20.4716, 31.9148)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8596 #965C4B

analogous

#4B9682 #4B8596 #4B6096

triadic

#4B8596 #964B85 #85964B

tetradic

#4B8596 #824B96 #965C4B #60964B

square

#4B8596 #824B96 #965C4B #60964B

split-complementary

#4B8596 #964B60 #96824B

monochromatic

#223D44 #37616D #4B8596 #6AA3B4 #93BDC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#4B8596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#4B8596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8596

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8596	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A8297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7996

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 133, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.066 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82a8b4',
    500: '#4b8596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8596;
$custom-light: #82a8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.6,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58379,
    "c": 0.06597,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8596

secondary

#B59288

accent

#775EC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8596

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

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