#4BB9A7#4BB9A7

#4BB9A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.104 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9A7
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 9.7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.74, -35.66, -0.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.74, 35.66, 180.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.75% -0.1037 -0.0012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.75% 0.104 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2225, 38.9810, 42.6412)
Luminance	0.3898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9A7 #B94B5D

analogous

#4BB970 #4BB9A7 #4B94B9

triadic

#4BB9A7 #A74BB9 #B9A74B

tetradic

#4BB9A7 #704BB9 #B94B5D #94B94B

square

#4BB9A7 #704BB9 #B94B5D #94B94B

split-complementary

#4BB9A7 #B94B94 #B9704B

monochromatic

#276359 #388F81 #4BB9A7 #77CABD #A3DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4BB9A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4BB9A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9A7

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9A7	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A3A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.104 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec1',
    500: '#4bb9a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9a7;
$custom-light: #88cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71749,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9A7

secondary

#C898A0

accent

#5469D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9A7

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

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