#4BB9AC#4BB9AC

#4BB9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9AC
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -34.36, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 34.47, 184.62°)
OKLab	oklab(71.91% -0.1015 -0.008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.91% 0.102 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6937, 39.1695, 45.1227)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9AC #B94B58

analogous

#4BB975 #4BB9AC #4B8FB9

triadic

#4BB9AC #AC4BB9 #B9AC4B

tetradic

#4BB9AC #754BB9 #B94B58 #8FB94B

square

#4BB9AC #754BB9 #B94B58 #8FB94B

split-complementary

#4BB9AC #B94B8F #B9754B

monochromatic

#27635C #388F85 #4BB9AC #77CAC0 #A3DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4BB9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4BB9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9AC

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9AC	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec4',
    500: '#4bb9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9ac;
$custom-light: #89cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.909,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71905,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9AC

secondary

#C8989D

accent

#5463D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9AC

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

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