#4C8399#4C8399

#4C8399 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.067 H 225.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8399
RGB	rgb(76, 131, 153)
HSL	hsl(197, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(197, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 14.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, -11.88, -17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 21.08, 235.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.0469 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.067 225.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8444, 20.0677, 33.1166)
Luminance	0.2007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8399 #99624C

analogous

#4C9989 #4C8399 #4C5D99

triadic

#4C8399 #994C83 #83994C

tetradic

#4C8399 #894C99 #99624C #5D994C

square

#4C8399 #894C99 #99624C #5D994C

split-complementary

#4C8399 #994C5D #99894C

monochromatic

#233D47 #386070 #4C8399 #6CA1B6 #95BBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#4C8399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#4C8399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8399

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8399	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#77819A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#228A8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 131, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.067 225.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83a7b7',
    500: '#4c8399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8399;
$custom-light: #83a7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.143,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58067,
    "c": 0.06725,
    "h": 225.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8399

secondary

#B7978A

accent

#7D5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B0F11

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8399

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

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