#4B9099#4B9099

#4B9099 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.071 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9099
RGB	rgb(75, 144, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 5.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.83, -19.20, -11.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.83, 22.37, 210.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.18% -0.0634 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(61.18% 0.071 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.6224, 23.7407, 33.7319)
Luminance	0.2374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9099 #99544B

analogous

#4B997B #4B9099 #4B6999

triadic

#4B9099 #994B90 #90994B

tetradic

#4B9099 #7B4B99 #99544B #69994B

square

#4B9099 #7B4B99 #99544B #69994B

split-complementary

#4B9099 #994B69 #997B4B

monochromatic

#234347 #376970 #4B9099 #6BAEB6 #94C4CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#4B9099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#4B9099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9099

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9099	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#868B9A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#199593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 144, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.071 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b0b7',
    500: '#4b9099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9099;
$custom-light: #83b0b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.923,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61183,
    "c": 0.07089,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9099

secondary

#B78E89

accent

#6A5ECA

background

#F8FAFB

surface

#EFF5F6

border

#CACFD0

text

#0B1011

muted

#7C7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9099

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

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