#4BB9A5#4BB9A5

#4BB9A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.105 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9A5
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 10.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, -36.18, 0.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 36.19, 178.74°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.1046 0.0015)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.105 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.0390, 38.9076, 41.6750)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9A5 #B94B5F

analogous

#4BB96E #4BB9A5 #4B96B9

triadic

#4BB9A5 #A54BB9 #B9A54B

tetradic

#4BB9A5 #6E4BB9 #B94B5F #96B94B

square

#4BB9A5 #6E4BB9 #B94B5F #96B94B

split-complementary

#4BB9A5 #B94B96 #B96E4B

monochromatic

#276358 #388F7F #4BB9A5 #77CABB #A3DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4BB9A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4BB9A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9A5

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9A5	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AFA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.105 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cebf',
    500: '#4bb9a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9a5;
$custom-light: #88cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71688,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9A5

secondary

#C898A0

accent

#546BD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9A5

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

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