#4BB3B8#4BB3B8

#4BB3B8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB3B8
RGB	rgb(75, 179, 184)
HSL	hsl(183, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -28.20, -11.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 30.47, 202.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0897 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.095 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6698, 37.1939, 51.0590)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB3B8 #B8504B

analogous

#4BB886 #4BB3B8 #4B7CB8

triadic

#4BB3B8 #B84BB3 #B3B84B

tetradic

#4BB3B8 #864BB8 #B8504B #7CB84B

square

#4BB3B8 #864BB8 #B8504B #7CB84B

split-complementary

#4BB3B8 #B84B7C #B8864B

monochromatic

#275F62 #388A8E #4BB3B8 #77C6C9 #A3D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4BB3B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#4BB3B8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB3B8

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB3B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB3B8	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ACB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#969FB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb3b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 179, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cacd',
    500: '#4bb3b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb3b8;
$custom-light: #89cacd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb3b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70848,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB3B8

secondary

#C89997

accent

#5A55D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB3B8

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →