#4BB9AD#4BB9AD

#4BB9AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.101 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9AD
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 173)
HSL	hsl(173, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.90, -34.10, -3.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.90, 34.25, 185.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.94% -0.101 -0.0094)
OKLCH	oklch(71.94% 0.101 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.7901, 39.2081, 45.6304)
Luminance	0.3921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9AD #B94B57

analogous

#4BB976 #4BB9AD #4B8EB9

triadic

#4BB9AD #AD4BB9 #B9AD4B

tetradic

#4BB9AD #764BB9 #B94B57 #8EB94B

square

#4BB9AD #764BB9 #B94B57 #8EB94B

split-complementary

#4BB9AD #B94B8E #B9764B

monochromatic

#27635C #388F86 #4BB9AD #77CAC1 #A3DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB9AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#4BB9AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9AD

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9AD	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AFAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.101 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec5',
    500: '#4bb9ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9ad;
$custom-light: #89cec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.455,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71937,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9AD

secondary

#C8989D

accent

#5462D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9AD

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

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