#4B9EA2#4B9EA2

#4B9EA2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.081 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9EA2
RGB	rgb(75, 158, 162)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.7%, 2.5%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, -23.91, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 25.83, 202.24°)
OKLab	oklab(64.95% -0.0759 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(64.95% 0.081 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(21.6474, 28.5562, 38.5465)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9EA2 #A24F4B

analogous

#4BA27B #4B9EA2 #4B73A2

triadic

#4B9EA2 #A24B9E #9EA24B

tetradic

#4B9EA2 #7B4BA2 #A24F4B #73A24B

square

#4B9EA2 #7B4BA2 #A24F4B #73A24B

split-complementary

#4B9EA2 #A24B73 #A27B4B

monochromatic

#244C4E #387578 #4B9EA2 #6EB8BC #98CDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#4B9EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#4B9EA2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9EA2

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9EA2	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9498A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868DA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 158, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.081 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#85bbbd',
    500: '#4b9ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9ea2;
$custom-light: #85bbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.759,
    "s": 36.709,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64946,
    "c": 0.08057,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9EA2

secondary

#BC8F8D

accent

#605BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1112

muted

#7D8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9EA2

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

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