#4BA8A4#4BA8A4

#4BA8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.088 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8A4
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -28.36, -6.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 29.05, 192.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.47% -0.0863 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(67.47% 0.088 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6023, 32.1792, 40.0821)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8A4 #A84B4F

analogous

#4BA875 #4BA8A4 #4B7EA8

triadic

#4BA8A4 #A44BA8 #A8A44B

tetradic

#4BA8A4 #754BA8 #A84B4F #7EA84B

square

#4BA8A4 #754BA8 #A84B4F #7EA84B

split-complementary

#4BA8A4 #A84B7E #A8754B

monochromatic

#255351 #387E7B #4BA8A4 #71BFBC #9BD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4BA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4BA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8A4

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8A4	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.088 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2be',
    500: '#4ba8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8a4;
$custom-light: #86c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.419,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6747,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8A4

secondary

#BF9092

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8A4

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

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