#4BB4B2#4BB4B2

#4BB4B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.096 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4B2
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 178)
HSL	hsl(179, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, -30.36, -8.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 31.42, 194.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% -0.0934 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.096 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2553, 37.3499, 47.8837)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4B2 #B44B4D

analogous

#4BB47D #4BB4B2 #4B82B4

triadic

#4BB4B2 #B24BB4 #B4B24B

tetradic

#4BB4B2 #7D4BB4 #B44B4D #82B44B

square

#4BB4B2 #7D4BB4 #B44B4D #82B44B

split-complementary

#4BB4B2 #B44B82 #B47D4B

monochromatic

#275E5D #398987 #4BB4B2 #76C6C4 #A1D8D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4BB4B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#4BB4B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4B2

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4B2	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAACB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999FB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.096 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc9',
    500: '#4bb4b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4b2;
$custom-light: #89cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 41.176,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70881,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4B2

secondary

#C59697

accent

#5759D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4B2

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

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