#4BA5A7#4BA5A7

#4BA5A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.086 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA5A7
RGB	rgb(75, 165, 167)
HSL	hsl(181, 38%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 55%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.1%, 1.2%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, -26.04, -9.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 27.62, 199.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.84% -0.0817 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(66.84% 0.086 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.3289, 31.1939, 41.3433)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA5A7 #A74D4B

analogous

#4BA77B #4BA5A7 #4B77A7

triadic

#4BA5A7 #A74BA5 #A5A74B

tetradic

#4BA5A7 #7B4BA7 #A74D4B #77A74B

square

#4BA5A7 #7B4BA7 #A74D4B #77A74B

split-complementary

#4BA5A7 #A74B77 #A77B4B

monochromatic

#255253 #387B7D #4BA5A7 #70BDBF #9BD1D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#4BA5A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#4BA5A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA5A7

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA5A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA5A7	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9EA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C93A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba5a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 165, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.086 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c0c1',
    500: '#4ba5a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba5a7;
$custom-light: #86c0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba5a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 38.017,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66839,
    "c": 0.08552,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA5A7

secondary

#BE908F

accent

#5C5ACE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA5A7

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

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