#4BB1BD#4BB1BD

#4BB1BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.095 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1BD
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 6.3%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -25.77, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 29.81, 210.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.0855 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.095 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8053, 36.6114, 53.7356)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1BD #BD574B

analogous

#4BBD90 #4BB1BD #4B78BD

triadic

#4BB1BD #BD4BB1 #B1BD4B

tetradic

#4BB1BD #904BBD #BD574B #78BD4B

square

#4BB1BD #904BBD #BD574B #78BD4B

split-complementary

#4BB1BD #BD4B78 #BD904B

monochromatic

#266168 #368A94 #4BB1BD #78C4CD #A5D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4BB1BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#4BB1BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1BD

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1BD	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.095 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c8d0',
    500: '#4bb1bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1bd;
$custom-light: #89c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70548,
    "c": 0.095,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1BD

secondary

#CB9E99

accent

#6052D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1BD

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

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