#4B8A9D#4B8A9D

#4B8A9D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.071 H 219.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#4B8A9D
RGBrgb(75, 138, 157)
HSLhsl(194, 35%, 45%)
HSVhsv(194, 52%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(52.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LABlab(54.14, -14.80, -16.34)
CIE-LCHlch(54.14, 22.05, 227.84°)
OKLaboklab(59.88% -0.0546 -0.0452)
OKLCHoklch(59.88% 0.071 219.7)
XYZxyz(18.0736, 22.1056, 35.2061)
Luminance0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#4B8A9D #9D5E4B
analogous
#4B9D87 #4B8A9D #4B619D
triadic
#4B8A9D #9D4B8A #8A9D4B
tetradic
#4B8A9D #874B9D #9D5E4B #619D4B
square
#4B8A9D #874B9D #9D5E4B #619D4B
split-complementary
#4B8A9D #9D4B61 #9D874B
monochromatic
#23414A #376674 #4B8A9D #6CA7B9 #96C0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87
#4B8A9D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42
#4B8A9D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8A9D
5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##4B8A9D#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##4B8A9D1.003.875.425.42
#FFFFFF3.871.0021.0021.00
#0000005.4221.001.001.00
##0000005.4221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7E879E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#727D9D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#179090
Achromatopsia (no color)
#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #4b8a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.071 219.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acba',
    500: '#4b8a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #4b8a9d;
$custom-light: #83acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#4b8a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.902,
    "s": 35.345,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59878,
    "c": 0.07088,
    "h": 219.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#4B8A9D
secondary
#B9968B
accent
#765CCB
background
#F8FAFB
surface
#EFF4F6
border
#CACED0
text
#0B1011
muted
#7C7F80

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#4B8A9D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva