#4C8A9E#4C8A9E

#4C8A9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.071 H 221.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8A9E
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(195, 35%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(195, 52%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, -14.27, -16.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 22.04, 229.65°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0534 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.071 221)
XYZ	xyz(18.2382, 22.1805, 35.6613)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8A9E #9E604C

analogous

#4C9E89 #4C8A9E #4C619E

triadic

#4C8A9E #9E4C8A #8A9E4C

tetradic

#4C8A9E #894C9E #9E604C #619E4C

square

#4C8A9E #894C9E #9E604C #619E4C

split-complementary

#4C8A9E #9E4C61 #9E894C

monochromatic

#24424B #386675 #4C8A9E #6EA7B9 #97C0CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#4C8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#4C8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8A9E

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8A9E	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727E9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.071 221.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84acba',
    500: '#4c8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8a9e;
$custom-light: #84acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.634,
    "s": 35.043,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59965,
    "c": 0.07079,
    "h": 221
  },
  "luminance": 0.22182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8A9E

secondary

#B9978C

accent

#785DCB

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#F0F4F6

border

#CBCED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8A9E

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

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