#4C9599#4C9599

#4C9599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.073 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C9599
RGB	rgb(76, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(183, 34%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(183, 50%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, -21.59, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 23.44, 202.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.45% -0.0686 -0.0252)
OKLCH	oklch(62.45% 0.073 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.4754, 25.3296, 33.9936)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C9599 #99504C

analogous

#4C9977 #4C9599 #4C6F99

triadic

#4C9599 #994C95 #95994C

tetradic

#4C9599 #774C99 #99504C #6F994C

square

#4C9599 #774C99 #99504C #6F994C

split-complementary

#4C9599 #994C6F #99774C

monochromatic

#234547 #386D70 #4C9599 #6CB2B6 #95C8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#4C9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#4C9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C9599

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C9599	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F8699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B9A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.073 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#84b4b7',
    500: '#4c9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c9599;
$custom-light: #84b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.117,
    "s": 33.624,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62454,
    "c": 0.0731,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C9599

secondary

#B78C8A

accent

#645ECA

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0B1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C9599

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

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