#4B899C#4B899C

#4B899C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.070 H 220.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B899C
RGB	rgb(75, 137, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 12.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -14.55, -16.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 21.84, 228.22°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% -0.0538 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.07 220)
XYZ	xyz(17.8458, 21.7860, 34.7107)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B899C #9C5E4B

analogous

#4B9C86 #4B899C #4B609C

triadic

#4B899C #9C4B89 #899C4B

tetradic

#4B899C #864B9C #9C5E4B #609C4B

square

#4B899C #864B9C #9C5E4B #609C4B

split-complementary

#4B899C #9C4B60 #9C864B

monochromatic

#234049 #376573 #4B899C #6CA6B8 #95BFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#4B899C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#4B899C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B899C

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B899C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B899C	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#198F8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b899c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 137, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.070 220.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83abb9',
    500: '#4b899c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b899c;
$custom-light: #83abb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b899c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.074,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59595,
    "c": 0.07016,
    "h": 220
  },
  "luminance": 0.21787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B899C

secondary

#B8958A

accent

#775DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B899C

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

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