#4B9986#4B9986

#4B9986 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.083 H 175.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9986
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 134)
HSL	hsl(165, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(165, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 12.4%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.04, -28.86, 2.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.04, 28.98, 174.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0827 0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.083 175.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.5941, 25.9979, 26.5879)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9986 #994B5E

analogous

#4B995F #4B9986 #4B8599

triadic

#4B9986 #864B99 #99864B

tetradic

#4B9986 #5F4B99 #994B5E #85994B

square

#4B9986 #5F4B99 #994B5E #85994B

split-complementary

#4B9986 #994B85 #995F4B

monochromatic

#23473E #377062 #4B9986 #6BB6A4 #94CBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#4B9986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#4B9986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9986

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9986	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#289B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.083 175.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7a9',
    500: '#4b9986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9986;
$custom-light: #83b7a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.385,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62776,
    "c": 0.08299,
    "h": 175.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9986

secondary

#B78994

accent

#5E78CA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B110F

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9986

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

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