#4C8A9B#4C8A9B

#4C8A9B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.069 H 217.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8A9B
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(193, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(193, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.11, -15.16, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.11, 21.49, 225.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.84% -0.0546 -0.0421)
OKLCH	oklch(59.84% 0.069 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9831, 22.0785, 34.3179)
Luminance	0.2208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8A9B #9B5D4C

analogous

#4C9B84 #4C8A9B #4C639B

triadic

#4C8A9B #9B4C8A #8A9B4C

tetradic

#4C8A9B #844C9B #9B5D4C #639B4C

square

#4C8A9B #844C9B #9B5D4C #639B4C

split-complementary

#4C8A9B #9B4C63 #9B844C

monochromatic

#244149 #386572 #4C8A9B #6DA7B7 #96C0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#4C8A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#4C8A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8A9B

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8A9B	1.00	3.88	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.88	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)

#7F879C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.069 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acb8',
    500: '#4c8a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8a9b;
$custom-light: #84acb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.911,
    "s": 34.199,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59843,
    "c": 0.06894,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8A9B

secondary

#B8958B

accent

#755ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8A9B

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

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