#4B9DAD#4B9DAD

#4B9DAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.083 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9DAD
RGB	rgb(75, 157, 173)
HSL	hsl(190, 40%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(190, 57%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 9.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.45, -20.23, -15.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.45, 25.73, 218.18°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.0701 -0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.083 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.4984, 28.6248, 43.8665)
Luminance	0.2863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9DAD #AD5B4B

analogous

#4BAD8C #4B9DAD #4B6CAD

triadic

#4B9DAD #AD4B9D #9DAD4B

tetradic

#4B9DAD #8C4BAD #AD5B4B #6CAD4B

square

#4B9DAD #8C4BAD #AD5B4B #6CAD4B

split-complementary

#4B9DAD #AD4B6C #AD8C4B

monochromatic

#265058 #387682 #4B9DAD #73B5C2 #9ECCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#4B9DAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#4B9DAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9DAD

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9DAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9DAD	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9098AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9dad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 157, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.083 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bac5',
    500: '#4b9dad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9dad;
$custom-light: #86bac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9dad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 39.516,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65116,
    "c": 0.08279,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9DAD

secondary

#C19A92

accent

#6C58CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F6F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9DAD

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

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