#4B9399#4B9399

#4B9399 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.073 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9399
RGB	rgb(75, 147, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(185, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 3.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, -20.77, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 23.11, 205.96°)
OKLab	oklab(61.92% -0.067 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(61.92% 0.073 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0828, 24.6615, 33.8853)
Luminance	0.2466 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9399 #99514B

analogous

#4B9978 #4B9399 #4B6C99

triadic

#4B9399 #994B93 #93994B

tetradic

#4B9399 #784B99 #99514B #6C994B

square

#4B9399 #784B99 #99514B #6C994B

split-complementary

#4B9399 #994B6C #99784B

monochromatic

#234447 #376C70 #4B9399 #6BB1B6 #94C6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#4B9399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#4B9399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9399

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9399	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 147, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.073 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b3b7',
    500: '#4b9399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9399;
$custom-light: #84b3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.615,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6192,
    "c": 0.07256,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9399

secondary

#B78D89

accent

#665ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#EFF6F6

border

#CAD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9399

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

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