#4B899B#4B899B

#4B899B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.070 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B899B
RGB	rgb(75, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -14.84, -15.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 21.65, 226.71°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0542 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.07 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7615, 21.7522, 34.2666)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B899B #9B5D4B

analogous

#4B9B85 #4B899B #4B619B

triadic

#4B899B #9B4B89 #899B4B

tetradic

#4B899B #854B9B #9B5D4B #619B4B

square

#4B899B #854B9B #9B5D4B #619B4B

split-complementary

#4B899B #9B4B61 #9B854B

monochromatic

#234049 #376572 #4B899B #6CA7B8 #95BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4B899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#4B899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B899B

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B899B	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A8F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.070 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abb8',
    500: '#4b899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b899b;
$custom-light: #83abb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 34.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59554,
    "c": 0.06954,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B899B

secondary

#B8948A

accent

#765DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B899B

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

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