#4B9C8E#4B9C8E

#4B9C8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.083 H 180.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9C8E
RGB	rgb(75, 156, 142)
HSL	hsl(170, 35%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(170, 52%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.9%, 0%, 9%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -28.30, -0.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 28.30, 180.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.78% -0.0825 -0.0011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.78% 0.083 180.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.6705, 27.2240, 29.8041)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9C8E #9C4B59

analogous

#4B9C66 #4B9C8E #4B819C

triadic

#4B9C8E #8E4B9C #9C8E4B

tetradic

#4B9C8E #664B9C #9C4B59 #819C4B

square

#4B9C8E #664B9C #9C4B59 #819C4B

split-complementary

#4B9C8E #9C4B81 #9C664B

monochromatic

#234943 #377368 #4B9C8E #6CB8AB #95CCC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#4B9C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#4B9C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9C8E

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9C8E	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#209E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 156, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.083 180.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b9af',
    500: '#4b9c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9c8e;
$custom-light: #84b9af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.63,
    "s": 35.065,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63775,
    "c": 0.08256,
    "h": 180.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9C8E

secondary

#B88A92

accent

#5D70CB

background

#F8FBFA

surface

#F0F6F4

border

#CBD0CE

text

#0B1110

muted

#7C807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9C8E

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

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