#4BA8AB#4BA8AB

#4BA8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.088 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BA8AB
RGB	rgb(75, 168, 171)
HSL	hsl(182, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(182, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.1%, 1.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.70, -26.42, -9.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.70, 28.21, 200.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0833 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.088 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.2519, 32.4390, 43.5035)
Luminance	0.3244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BA8AB #AB4E4B

analogous

#4BAB7E #4BA8AB #4B78AB

triadic

#4BA8AB #AB4BA8 #A8AB4B

tetradic

#4BA8AB #7E4BAB #AB4E4B #78AB4B

square

#4BA8AB #7E4BAB #AB4E4B #78AB4B

split-complementary

#4BA8AB #AB4B78 #AB7E4B

monochromatic

#265456 #387E80 #4BA8AB #72BFC1 #9DD2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4BA8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#4BA8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BA8AB

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BA8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BA8AB	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E95AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ba8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 168, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.088 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2c4',
    500: '#4ba8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ba8ab;
$custom-light: #87c2c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ba8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.875,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67713,
    "c": 0.08765,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BA8AB

secondary

#C09391

accent

#5D59CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BA8AB

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

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