#4BB997#4BB997

#4BB997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 169.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB997
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -39.62, 7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 40.42, 168.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.1111 0.0204)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.113 169.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8338, 38.4256, 35.3276)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB997 #B94B6D

analogous

#4BB960 #4BB997 #4BA4B9

triadic

#4BB997 #974BB9 #B9974B

tetradic

#4BB997 #604BB9 #B94B6D #A4B94B

square

#4BB997 #604BB9 #B94B6D #A4B94B

split-complementary

#4BB997 #B94BA4 #B9604B

monochromatic

#276350 #388F74 #4BB997 #77CAB0 #A3DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4BB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4BB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB997

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB997	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 169.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ceb5',
    500: '#4bb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb997;
$custom-light: #88ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.455,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71286,
    "c": 0.11297,
    "h": 169.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB997

secondary

#C898A7

accent

#547CD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB997

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

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