#4B8A99#4B8A99

#4B8A99 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.069 H 215.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8A99
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 153)
HSL	hsl(192, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(192, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 9.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -15.98, -14.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 21.41, 221.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% -0.0562 -0.0394)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.069 215)
XYZ	xyz(17.7377, 21.9712, 33.4370)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8A99 #995A4B

analogous

#4B9981 #4B8A99 #4B6399

triadic

#4B8A99 #994B8A #8A994B

tetradic

#4B8A99 #814B99 #995A4B #63994B

square

#4B8A99 #814B99 #995A4B #63994B

split-complementary

#4B8A99 #994B63 #99814B

monochromatic

#234047 #376570 #4B8A99 #6BA8B6 #94C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#4B8A99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#4B8A99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8A99

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8A99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8A99	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8a99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.069 215.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acb7',
    500: '#4b8a99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8a99;
$custom-light: #83acb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8a99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.538,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59717,
    "c": 0.06862,
    "h": 215
  },
  "luminance": 0.21973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8A99

secondary

#B79289

accent

#725ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8A99

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

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