#4B998D#4B998D

#4B998D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.080 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B998D
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 141)
HSL	hsl(171, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(171, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 7.8%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.23, -27.08, -1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.23, 27.10, 182.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% -0.0795 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.08 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.0986, 26.1997, 29.2447)
Luminance	0.2620 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B998D #994B57

analogous

#4B9966 #4B998D #4B7E99

triadic

#4B998D #8D4B99 #998D4B

tetradic

#4B998D #664B99 #994B57 #7E994B

square

#4B998D #664B99 #994B57 #7E994B

split-complementary

#4B998D #994B7E #99664B

monochromatic

#234741 #377067 #4B998D #6BB6AB #94CBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#4B998D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.24

#4B998D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B998D

6.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B998D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B998D	1.00	3.37	6.24	6.24
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93918D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#229C95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b998d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.080 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83b7ae',
    500: '#4b998d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b998d;
$custom-light: #83b7ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b998d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.769,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62994,
    "c": 0.07954,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B998D

secondary

#B78990

accent

#5E6ECA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B998D

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

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