#4BACA6#4BACA6

#4BACA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.091 H 189.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BACA6
RGB	rgb(75, 172, 166)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -29.77, -5.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 30.27, 190.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0899 -0.0154)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.091 189.7)
XYZ	xyz(24.5341, 33.7517, 41.2908)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BACA6 #AC4B51

analogous

#4BAC75 #4BACA6 #4B81AC

triadic

#4BACA6 #A64BAC #ACA64B

tetradic

#4BACA6 #754BAC #AC4B51 #81AC4B

square

#4BACA6 #754BAC #AC4B51 #81AC4B

split-complementary

#4BACA6 #AC4B81 #AC754B

monochromatic

#265754 #38817D #4BACA6 #72C2BD #9DD4D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#4BACA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#4BACA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BACA6

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BACA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BACA6	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A4A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9498A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B0AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4baca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 172, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.091 189.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c5c0',
    500: '#4baca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4baca6;
$custom-light: #87c5c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4baca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.289,
    "s": 39.271,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6852,
    "c": 0.09123,
    "h": 189.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BACA6

secondary

#C19295

accent

#5960CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BACA6

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

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