#4B9796#4B9796

#4B9796 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.075 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9796
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(179, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.87, -23.68, -6.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.87, 24.61, 195.83°)
OKLab	oklab(62.8% -0.073 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(62.8% 0.075 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.4710, 25.8294, 32.8077)
Luminance	0.2583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9796 #974B4C

analogous

#4B9770 #4B9796 #4B7297

triadic

#4B9796 #964B97 #97964B

tetradic

#4B9796 #704B97 #974B4C #72974B

square

#4B9796 #704B97 #974B4C #72974B

split-complementary

#4B9796 #974B72 #97704B

monochromatic

#224545 #376E6D #4B9796 #6AB5B4 #93C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#4B9796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4B9796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9796

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9796	1.00	3.41	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9196

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A9B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.075 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6b4',
    500: '#4b9796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9796;
$custom-light: #84b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.211,
    "s": 33.628,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62798,
    "c": 0.07535,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9796

secondary

#B68889

accent

#5E5FCA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9796

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

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