#4BB9AA#4BB9AA

#4BB9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 183.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9AA
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -34.89, -1.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 34.93, 182.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.1024 -0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.103 183)
XYZ	xyz(27.5030, 39.0932, 44.1187)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9AA #B94B5A

analogous

#4BB973 #4BB9AA #4B91B9

triadic

#4BB9AA #AA4BB9 #B9AA4B

tetradic

#4BB9AA #734BB9 #B94B5A #91B94B

square

#4BB9AA #734BB9 #B94B5A #91B94B

split-complementary

#4BB9AA #B94B91 #B9734B

monochromatic

#27635B #388F83 #4BB9AA #77CABF #A3DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4BB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4BB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9AA

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9AA	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 183.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec3',
    500: '#4bb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9aa;
$custom-light: #89cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.818,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71842,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 183
  },
  "luminance": 0.39096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9AA

secondary

#C8989E

accent

#5465D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9AA

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

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