#4B8D99#4B8D99

#4B8D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.070 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B8D99
RGB	rgb(75, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(189, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(189, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -17.60, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 21.80, 216.18°)
OKLab	oklab(60.45% -0.0598 -0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(60.45% 0.07 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1741, 22.8440, 33.5824)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B8D99 #99574B

analogous

#4B997E #4B8D99 #4B6699

triadic

#4B8D99 #994B8D #8D994B

tetradic

#4B8D99 #7E4B99 #99574B #66994B

square

#4B8D99 #7E4B99 #99574B #66994B

split-complementary

#4B8D99 #994B66 #997E4B

monochromatic

#234147 #376770 #4B8D99 #6BABB6 #94C2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#4B8D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#4B8D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B8D99

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B8D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B8D99	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83899A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767F99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b8d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.070 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83aeb7',
    500: '#4b8d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b8d99;
$custom-light: #83aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b8d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60449,
    "c": 0.06957,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B8D99

secondary

#B79089

accent

#6E5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF4F6

border

#CACED0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B8D99

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

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