#4BB99C#4BB99C

#4BB99C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.110 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB99C
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 156)
HSL	hsl(164, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(164, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 15.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.45, -38.42, 5.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.45, 38.80, 171.99°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.1088 0.0137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.11 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.2485, 38.5914, 37.5116)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB99C #B94B68

analogous

#4BB965 #4BB99C #4B9FB9

triadic

#4BB99C #9C4BB9 #B99C4B

tetradic

#4BB99C #654BB9 #B94B68 #9FB94B

square

#4BB99C #654BB9 #B94B68 #9FB94B

split-complementary

#4BB99C #B94B9F #B9654B

monochromatic

#276353 #388F78 #4BB99C #77CAB4 #A3DBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4BB99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB99C

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB99C	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.110 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ceb9',
    500: '#4bb99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb99c;
$custom-light: #88ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71425,
    "c": 0.10964,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB99C

secondary

#C898A4

accent

#5476D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB99C

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

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