#4B8AAC#4B8AAC

#4B8AAC is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.083 H 234.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8AAC
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 172)
HSL	hsl(201, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(201, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 19.8%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.71, -10.22, -24.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.71, 26.18, 247.02°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0488 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.083 234)
XYZ	xyz(19.4337, 22.6496, 42.3694)
Luminance	0.2265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8AAC #AC6D4B

analogous

#4BAC9D #4B8AAC #4B59AC

triadic

#4B8AAC #AC4B8A #8AAC4B

tetradic

#4B8AAC #9D4BAC #AC6D4B #59AC4B

square

#4B8AAC #9D4BAC #AC6D4B #59AC4B

split-complementary

#4B8AAC #AC4B59 #AC9D4B

monochromatic

#264657 #386881 #4B8AAC #72A6C2 #9DC1D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#4B8AAC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#4B8AAC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8AAC

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8AAC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8AAC	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A89AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7EAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8aac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.083 234.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85acc4',
    500: '#4b8aac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8aac;
$custom-light: #85acc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8aac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.031,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60521,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 234
  },
  "luminance": 0.22651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8AAC

secondary

#C1A292

accent

#8259CF

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1012

muted

#7D7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8AAC

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

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