#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
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(194, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 52%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.2%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -14.80, -16.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 22.05, 227.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0546 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.071 219.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.0736, 22.1056, 35.2061)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##4B8A9D	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8A9D

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

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