#4B889E#4B889E

#4B889E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.071 H 223.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B889E
RGB	rgb(75, 136, 158)
HSL	hsl(196, 36%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(196, 53%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.5%, 13.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -13.40, -17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 22.27, 233.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% -0.0518 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.071 223.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8750, 21.5713, 35.5628)
Luminance	0.2157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B889E #9E614B

analogous

#4B9E8A #4B889E #4B5E9E

triadic

#4B889E #9E4B88 #889E4B

tetradic

#4B889E #8A4B9E #9E614B #5E9E4B

square

#4B889E #8A4B9E #9E614B #5E9E4B

split-complementary

#4B889E #9E4B5E #9E8A4B

monochromatic

#24414B #376474 #4B889E #6DA5BA #96BFCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4B889E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#4B889E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B889E

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B889E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B889E	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#178F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b889e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 136, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.071 223.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aaba',
    500: '#4b889e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b889e;
$custom-light: #83aaba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b889e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.904,
    "s": 35.622,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59435,
    "c": 0.07148,
    "h": 223.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B889E

secondary

#B9988B

accent

#7A5CCC

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B889E

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

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