#4BB0B5#4BB0B5

#4BB0B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.093 H 199.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB0B5
RGB	rgb(75, 176, 181)
HSL	hsl(183, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, -27.57, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 29.83, 202.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0878 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.093 199.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7639, 35.8800, 49.2222)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB0B5 #B5504B

analogous

#4BB585 #4BB0B5 #4B7BB5

triadic

#4BB0B5 #B54BB0 #B0B54B

tetradic

#4BB0B5 #854BB5 #B5504B #7BB54B

square

#4BB0B5 #854BB5 #B5504B #7BB54B

split-complementary

#4BB0B5 #B54B7B #B5854B

monochromatic

#275C5F #39868A #4BB0B5 #76C3C7 #A2D6D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#4BB0B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#4BB0B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB0B5

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB0B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB0B5	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4A9B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949CB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb0b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 176, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.093 199.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c8cb',
    500: '#4bb0b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb0b5;
$custom-light: #88c8cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb0b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.83,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70015,
    "c": 0.09324,
    "h": 199.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB0B5

secondary

#C69896

accent

#5C56D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB0B5

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

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