#4B9AA5#4B9AA5

#4B9AA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.079 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9AA5
RGB	rgb(75, 154, 165)
HSL	hsl(187, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 6.7%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.27, -21.00, -13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.27, 24.78, 212.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.08% -0.07 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(64.08% 0.079 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(21.2461, 27.3217, 39.7440)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9AA5 #A5564B

analogous

#4BA583 #4B9AA5 #4B6DA5

triadic

#4B9AA5 #A54B9A #9AA54B

tetradic

#4B9AA5 #834BA5 #A5564B #6DA54B

square

#4B9AA5 #834BA5 #A5564B #6DA54B

split-complementary

#4B9AA5 #A54B6D #A5834B

monochromatic

#254B51 #38737B #4B9AA5 #6FB4BE #9ACAD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#4B9AA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#4B9AA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9AA5

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9AA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9AA5	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818AA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9aa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 154, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.079 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8bf',
    500: '#4b9aa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9aa5;
$custom-light: #85b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9aa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.333,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64081,
    "c": 0.07889,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9AA5

secondary

#BD948F

accent

#685ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9AA5

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

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