#4C8A9C#4C8A9C

#4C8A9C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.070 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8A9C
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(194, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(194, 51%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.3%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, -14.86, -15.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 21.66, 226.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.88% -0.0542 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(59.88% 0.07 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.0674, 22.1122, 34.7620)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8A9C #9C5E4C

analogous

#4C9C86 #4C8A9C #4C629C

triadic

#4C8A9C #9C4C8A #8A9C4C

tetradic

#4C8A9C #864C9C #9C5E4C #629C4C

square

#4C8A9C #864C9C #9C5E4C #629C4C

split-complementary

#4C8A9C #9C4C62 #9C864C

monochromatic

#24414A #386673 #4C8A9C #6DA7B8 #96C0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#4C8A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#4C8A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8A9C

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8A9C	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	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)

#7E879D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C9090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.070 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acb9',
    500: '#4c8a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8a9c;
$custom-light: #84acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.5,
    "s": 34.483,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59883,
    "c": 0.06953,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8A9C

secondary

#B8968B

accent

#765DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8A9C

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

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