#4B8D8A#4B8D8A

#4B8D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.068 H 191.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8D8A
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 31%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(177, 47%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.43, -21.79, -4.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.43, 22.34, 192.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% -0.0664 -0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.068 191.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0121, 22.3792, 27.4630)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8D8A #8D4B4E

analogous

#4B8D69 #4B8D8A #4B6F8D

triadic

#4B8D8A #8A4B8D #8D8A4B

tetradic

#4B8D8A #694B8D #8D4B4E #6F8D4B

square

#4B8D8A #694B8D #8D4B4E #6F8D4B

split-complementary

#4B8D8A #8D4B6F #8D694B

monochromatic

#203D3C #366563 #4B8D8A #67AEAB #8FC3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#4B8D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#4B8D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8D8A

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8D8A	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#29908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.068 191.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#82aeac',
    500: '#4b8d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8d8a;
$custom-light: #82aeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 30.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.599,
    "c": 0.06778,
    "h": 191.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8D8A

secondary

#B08486

accent

#6166C7

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8D8A

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

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