#4BA8A7#4BA8A7

#4BA8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.088 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8A7
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(179, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.58, -27.53, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.58, 28.63, 195.87°)
OKLab	oklab(67.57% -0.085 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(67.57% 0.088 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.8764, 32.2888, 41.5258)
Luminance	0.3229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8A7 #A84B4C

analogous

#4BA879 #4BA8A7 #4B7AA8

triadic

#4BA8A7 #A74BA8 #A8A74B

tetradic

#4BA8A7 #794BA8 #A84B4C #7AA84B

square

#4BA8A7 #794BA8 #A84B4C #7AA84B

split-complementary

#4BA8A7 #A84B7A #A8794B

monochromatic

#255353 #387E7D #4BA8A7 #71BFBF #9BD2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4BA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#4BA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8A7

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8A7	1.00	2.82	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F95A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.088 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2c1',
    500: '#4ba8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8a7;
$custom-light: #87c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.355,
    "s": 38.272,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67573,
    "c": 0.08776,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8A7

secondary

#BF9090

accent

#5A5BCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8A7

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

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