#4B8EAE#4B8EAE

#4B8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.084 H 230.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8EAE
RGB	rgb(75, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(199, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(199, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.98, -11.83, -23.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.98, 26.12, 243.06°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% -0.0526 -0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.084 230.9)
XYZ	xyz(20.2117, 23.8960, 43.5835)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8EAE #AE6B4B

analogous

#4BAE9D #4B8EAE #4B5DAE

triadic

#4B8EAE #AE4B8E #8EAE4B

tetradic

#4B8EAE #9D4BAE #AE6B4B #5DAE4B

square

#4B8EAE #9D4BAE #AE6B4B #5DAE4B

split-complementary

#4B8EAE #AE4B5D #AE9D4B

monochromatic

#264858 #396B83 #4B8EAE #73A9C3 #9EC3D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#4B8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#4B8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8EAE

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8EAE	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E8CB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7082AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009798

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.084 230.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85afc6',
    500: '#4b8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8eae;
$custom-light: #85afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 199.394,
    "s": 39.759,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6156,
    "c": 0.08355,
    "h": 230.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8EAE

secondary

#C2A293

accent

#7F58D0

background

#F8FAFC

surface

#F0F4F8

border

#CBCED1

text

#0C1013

muted

#7D7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8EAE

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

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