#4B998F#4B998F

#4B998F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.079 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B998F
RGB	rgb(75, 153, 143)
HSL	hsl(172, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(172, 51%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(51%, 0%, 6.5%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.28, -26.56, -2.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.28, 26.65, 184.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.0786 -0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.079 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.2487, 26.2598, 30.0356)
Luminance	0.2626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B998F #994B55

analogous

#4B9968 #4B998F #4B7C99

triadic

#4B998F #8F4B99 #998F4B

tetradic

#4B998F #684B99 #994B55 #7C994B

square

#4B998F #684B99 #994B55 #7C994B

split-complementary

#4B998F #994B7C #99684B

monochromatic

#234742 #377069 #4B998F #6BB6AD #94CBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#4B998F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#4B998F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B998F

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B998F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B998F	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)

#93928F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b998f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 153, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.079 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b7af',
    500: '#4b998f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b998f;
$custom-light: #84b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b998f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.308,
    "s": 34.211,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63058,
    "c": 0.0788,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B998F

secondary

#B7898F

accent

#5E6BCA

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#EFF6F4

border

#CAD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B998F

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

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