#4BB9AE#4BB9AE

#4BB9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9AE
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -33.83, -3.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 34.04, 186.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1006 -0.0108)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.101 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8872, 39.2469, 46.1419)
Luminance	0.3925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9AE #B94B56

analogous

#4BB977 #4BB9AE #4B8DB9

triadic

#4BB9AE #AE4BB9 #B9AE4B

tetradic

#4BB9AE #774BB9 #B94B56 #8DB94B

square

#4BB9AE #774BB9 #B94B56 #8DB94B

split-complementary

#4BB9AE #B94B8D #B9774B

monochromatic

#27635D #388F86 #4BB9AE #77CAC2 #A3DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4BB9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9AE

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9AE	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec6',
    500: '#4bb9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9ae;
$custom-light: #89cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71969,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9AE

secondary

#C8989C

accent

#5461D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9AE

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

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