#4B998E#4B998E

#4B998E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.079 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B998E
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.25, -26.82, -1.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.25, 26.87, 183.40°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.079 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.079 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.1733, 26.2296, 29.6384)
Luminance	0.2623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B998E #994B56

analogous

#4B9967 #4B998E #4B7D99

triadic

#4B998E #8E4B99 #998E4B

tetradic

#4B998E #674B99 #994B56 #7D994B

square

#4B998E #674B99 #994B56 #7D994B

split-complementary

#4B998E #994B7D #99674B

monochromatic

#234742 #377068 #4B998E #6BB6AC #94CBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4B998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4B998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B998E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B998E	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93928E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#219C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.079 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7af',
    500: '#4b998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b998e;
$custom-light: #84b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.538,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63026,
    "c": 0.07915,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B998E

secondary

#B78990

accent

#5E6DCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B998E

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

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