#4B9799#4B9799

#4B9799 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.075 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9799
RGB	rgb(75, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(182, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.97, -22.85, -8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.97, 24.30, 199.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.0717 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.075 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7157, 25.9272, 34.0963)
Luminance	0.2593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9799 #994D4B

analogous

#4B9974 #4B9799 #4B7099

triadic

#4B9799 #994B97 #97994B

tetradic

#4B9799 #744B99 #994D4B #70994B

square

#4B9799 #744B99 #994D4B #70994B

split-complementary

#4B9799 #994B70 #99744B

monochromatic

#234647 #376E70 #4B9799 #6BB4B6 #94C9CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4B9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#4B9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9799

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9799	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E9199

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81879A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#159B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.075 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b6b7',
    500: '#4b9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9799;
$custom-light: #84b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62904,
    "c": 0.07526,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9799

secondary

#B78A89

accent

#605ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9799

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

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