#4BB999#4BB999

#4BB999 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 170.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB999
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 153)
HSL	hsl(163, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(163, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 17.3%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -39.15, 6.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 39.76, 169.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.1102 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.112 170.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9976, 38.4911, 36.1903)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB999 #B94B6B

analogous

#4BB962 #4BB999 #4BA2B9

triadic

#4BB999 #994BB9 #B9994B

tetradic

#4BB999 #624BB9 #B94B6B #A2B94B

square

#4BB999 #624BB9 #B94B6B #A2B94B

split-complementary

#4BB999 #B94BA2 #B9624B

monochromatic

#276351 #388F76 #4BB999 #77CAB2 #A3DBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4BB999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB999

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB999	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A29B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 170.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ceb7',
    500: '#4bb999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb999;
$custom-light: #88ceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.545,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 170.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB999

secondary

#C898A6

accent

#5479D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB999

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

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