#4BA8A5#4BA8A5

#4BA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.088 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8A5
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -28.09, -6.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 28.90, 193.61°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0859 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.088 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6929, 32.2154, 40.5596)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8A5 #A84B4E

analogous

#4BA877 #4BA8A5 #4B7CA8

triadic

#4BA8A5 #A54BA8 #A8A54B

tetradic

#4BA8A5 #774BA8 #A84B4E #7CA84B

square

#4BA8A5 #774BA8 #A84B4E #7CA84B

split-complementary

#4BA8A5 #A84B7C #A8774B

monochromatic

#255352 #387E7B #4BA8A5 #71BFBD #9BD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4BA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4BA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8A5

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8A5	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)

#9FA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.088 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#86c2bf',
    500: '#4ba8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8a5;
$custom-light: #86c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.065,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67504,
    "c": 0.08796,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8A5

secondary

#BF9091

accent

#5A5DCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8A5

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

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