#4B9BA5#4B9BA5

#4B9BA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.079 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9BA5
RGB	rgb(75, 155, 165)
HSL	hsl(187, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(187, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 6.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -21.52, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 24.98, 210.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% -0.0712 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.079 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.4118, 27.6532, 39.7992)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9BA5 #A5554B

analogous

#4BA582 #4B9BA5 #4B6EA5

triadic

#4B9BA5 #A54B9B #9BA54B

tetradic

#4B9BA5 #824BA5 #A5554B #6EA54B

square

#4B9BA5 #824BA5 #A5554B #6EA54B

split-complementary

#4B9BA5 #A54B6E #A5824B

monochromatic

#254C51 #38737B #4B9BA5 #6FB5BE #9ACBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#4B9BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#4B9BA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9BA5

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9BA5	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9096A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828BA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 155, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.079 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b8bf',
    500: '#4b9ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9ba5;
$custom-light: #85b8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.667,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64324,
    "c": 0.07935,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9BA5

secondary

#BD948F

accent

#675ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9BA5

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

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