#4B8A8D#4B8A8D

#4B8A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.065 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8A8D
RGB	rgb(75, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(183, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -19.39, -7.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 20.94, 202.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0613 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.065 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7960, 21.5945, 28.4772)
Luminance	0.2160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8A8D #8D4E4B

analogous

#4B8D6F #4B8A8D #4B698D

triadic

#4B8A8D #8D4B8A #8A8D4B

tetradic

#4B8A8D #6F4B8D #8D4E4B #698D4B

square

#4B8A8D #6F4B8D #8D4E4B #698D4B

split-complementary

#4B8A8D #8D4B69 #8D6F4B

monochromatic

#203C3D #366365 #4B8A8D #67ABAE #8FC1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4B8A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4B8A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8A8D

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8A8D	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777C8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#288E8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.065 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82acae',
    500: '#4b8a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8a8d;
$custom-light: #82acae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59261,
    "c": 0.06511,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8A8D

secondary

#B08684

accent

#6661C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8A8D

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

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