#4B8488

Closest named color: Grey Blue (#647D8E). oklch(57.6% 0.06 201.5), rgb(75, 132, 136).

Black text reads best on this color (4.95:1).

About this color

#4B8488 is a medium-dark, muted teal or cyan. In OKLCH its lightness is 58%, its chroma 0.060 and its hue 201°. Its hue sits on the cool side of the wheel. The nearest named color is Grey Blue (#647D8E), ΔE 0.037 away. Black text reads best on it, at 4.95:1.

Hue family	Teals and cyans
Lightness	medium-dark (58%)
Chroma	muted (0.060)
Temperature	cool
Nearest name	Grey Blue (#647D8E)
Black text	4.95:1
White text	4.23:1

Values

HEX	#4B8488
RGB	rgb(75, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(184, 29%, 41%)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.06 201.5)

Contrast

WCAG 2 contrast ratios are the conformance target: AA needs 4.5:1 for body text and 3:1 for large text, AAA needs 7:1. APCA Lc values are supplementary guidance from the WCAG 3 drafts.

Pair	WCAG 2	Result	APCA	APCA guidance
White text on #4B8488	4.23:1	AA large text	Lc -74.7	Content text, not long reading
Black text on #4B8488	4.95:1	AA	Lc 34.9	Non-text elements, placeholder text
#4B8488 text on white	4.23:1	AA large text	Lc 69.2	Content text, not long reading
#4B8488 text on black	4.95:1	AA	Lc -32.5	Non-text elements, placeholder text

Tints and shades

A 50–950 scale built in OKLCH: the hue is held, lightness follows a Tailwind v4-like curve, and every step is kept inside the sRGB gamut. This color sits at step 600.

Step 50
50

#F3F6F6

oklch(97.1% 0.003 197.1)
Step 100
100

#E4EBEC

oklch(93.5% 0.008 207.1)
Step 200
200

#CEDCDD

oklch(88.4% 0.015 202)
Step 300
300

#ADC6C8

oklch(80.8% 0.027 202.5)
Step 400
400

#81A9AC

oklch(70.7% 0.043 202)
Step 500
500

#609497

oklch(63.1% 0.056 200.5)
Step 600
600 (this color)

#4B8488

oklch(57.6% 0.06 201.5)
Step 700
700

#366A6E

oklch(49% 0.056 202)
Step 800
800

#2E575A

oklch(42.8% 0.046 201.7)
Step 900
900

#29474A

oklch(37.6% 0.036 203.9)
Step 950
950

#192A2B

oklch(27.1% 0.023 200.6)

Export this scale for Tailwind in the Tailwind colors tool

#4B8488 with color blindness

Simulated with the Machado et al. (2009) model. ΔE is how far the color moves: below about 0.02 you would not notice a change.

Vision	Seen as	Shift (ΔE)
Protanopia (no red cones)	#7C7F88	0.061
Deuteranopia (no green cones)	#727888	0.056
Tritanopia (no blue cones)	#2D8885	0.027
Achromatopsia (no color)	#7B7B7B	0.061