#4C8296#4C8296

#4C8296 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.065 H 223.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8296
RGB	rgb(76, 130, 150)
HSL	hsl(196, 33%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(196, 49%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 13.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.50, -12.21, -16.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.50, 20.36, 233.15°)
OKLab	oklab(57.7% -0.0468 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(57.7% 0.065 223.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4661, 19.7025, 31.7835)
Luminance	0.1970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8296 #96604C

analogous

#4C9685 #4C8296 #4C5D96

triadic

#4C8296 #964C82 #82964C

tetradic

#4C8296 #854C96 #96604C #5D964C

square

#4C8296 #854C96 #96604C #5D964C

split-complementary

#4C8296 #964C5D #96854C

monochromatic

#233C45 #375F6D #4C8296 #6BA0B4 #94BAC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#4C8296 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#4C8296 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8296

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8296	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8296	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778097

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#268888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8296;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 130, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.065 223.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a6b5',
    500: '#4c8296',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8296;
$custom-light: #83a6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8296",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.216,
    "s": 32.743,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.577,
    "c": 0.065,
    "h": 223.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8296

secondary

#B59589

accent

#7C5FC9

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8296

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

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