#4B9797#4B9797

#4B9797 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.075 H 195.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9797
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 34%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(180, 50%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 0%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.91, -23.40, -7.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.91, 24.49, 197.18°)
OKLab	oklab(62.83% -0.0726 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(62.83% 0.075 195.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.5519, 25.8617, 33.2336)
Luminance	0.2586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9797 #974B4B

analogous

#4B9771 #4B9797 #4B7197

triadic

#4B9797 #974B97 #97974B

tetradic

#4B9797 #714B97 #974B4B #71974B

square

#4B9797 #714B97 #974B4B #71974B

split-complementary

#4B9797 #974B71 #97714B

monochromatic

#224545 #376E6E #4B9797 #6AB5B5 #93C9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#4B9797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#4B9797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9797

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9797	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	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)

#8F9197

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828798

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#189B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.075 195.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6b5',
    500: '#4b9797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9797;
$custom-light: #84b6b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 33.628,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62833,
    "c": 0.07529,
    "h": 195.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9797

secondary

#B68888

accent

#5E5ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9797

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

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