#4B9FA5#4B9FA5

#4B9FA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.081 H 201.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B9FA5
RGB	rgb(75, 159, 165)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.79, -23.57, -10.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.79, 25.96, 204.77°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0757 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.081 201.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.0885, 29.0067, 40.0248)
Luminance	0.2901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B9FA5 #A5514B

analogous

#4BA57E #4B9FA5 #4B72A5

triadic

#4B9FA5 #A54B9F #9FA54B

tetradic

#4B9FA5 #7E4BA5 #A5514B #72A54B

square

#4B9FA5 #7E4BA5 #A5514B #72A54B

split-complementary

#4B9FA5 #A54B72 #A57E4B

monochromatic

#254E51 #38767B #4B9FA5 #6FB9BE #9ACDD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#4B9FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#4B9FA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4B9FA5

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B9FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4B9FA5	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9599A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b9fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 159, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.081 201.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86bbbf',
    500: '#4b9fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b9fa5;
$custom-light: #86bbbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b9fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.653,
    "c": 0.08148,
    "h": 201.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B9FA5

secondary

#BD928F

accent

#625ACD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B9FA5

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

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