#4B9CA3#4B9CA3

#4B9CA3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.079 H 202.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9CA3
RGB	rgb(75, 156, 163)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54%, 4.3%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.81, -22.61, -11.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.81, 25.23, 206.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.49% -0.0732 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(64.49% 0.079 202.9)
XYZ	xyz(21.3983, 27.9151, 38.9037)
Luminance	0.2792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9CA3 #A3524B

analogous

#4BA37E #4B9CA3 #4B70A3

triadic

#4B9CA3 #A34B9C #9CA34B

tetradic

#4B9CA3 #7E4BA3 #A3524B #70A34B

square

#4B9CA3 #7E4BA3 #A3524B #70A34B

split-complementary

#4B9CA3 #A34B70 #A37E4B

monochromatic

#244C4F #387479 #4B9CA3 #6FB6BD #99CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#4B9CA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#4B9CA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9CA3

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9CA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9CA3	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838CA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9ca3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 156, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.079 202.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85b9be',
    500: '#4b9ca3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9ca3;
$custom-light: #85b9be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9ca3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.773,
    "s": 36.975,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64494,
    "c": 0.07945,
    "h": 202.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9CA3

secondary

#BC918E

accent

#645BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9CA3

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

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