#4BB9B7#4BB9B7

#4BB9B7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9B7
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 183)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -31.39, -8.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 32.49, 194.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0966 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.099 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7941, 39.6097, 50.9185)
Luminance	0.3961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9B7 #B94B4D

analogous

#4BB980 #4BB9B7 #4B84B9

triadic

#4BB9B7 #B74BB9 #B9B74B

tetradic

#4BB9B7 #804BB9 #B94B4D #84B94B

square

#4BB9B7 #804BB9 #B94B4D #84B94B

split-complementary

#4BB9B7 #B94B84 #B9804B

monochromatic

#276362 #388F8E #4BB9B7 #77CAC9 #A3DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4BB9B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4BB9B7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9B7

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9B7	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB0B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cecc',
    500: '#4bb9b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9b7;
$custom-light: #89cecc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.909,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72267,
    "c": 0.09934,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9B7

secondary

#C89898

accent

#5456D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9B7

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

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