#4BB4B5#4BB4B5

#4BB4B5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 196.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4B5
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 181)
HSL	hsl(181, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0.6%, 0%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.63, -29.53, -9.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.63, 31.05, 197.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.99% -0.0921 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.99% 0.096 196.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5598, 37.4717, 49.4875)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4B5 #B54C4B

analogous

#4BB581 #4BB4B5 #4B7FB5

triadic

#4BB4B5 #B54BB4 #B4B54B

tetradic

#4BB4B5 #814BB5 #B54C4B #7FB54B

square

#4BB4B5 #814BB5 #B54C4B #7FB54B

split-complementary

#4BB4B5 #B54B7F #B5814B

monochromatic

#275E5F #39898A #4BB4B5 #76C6C7 #A2D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4BB4B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#4BB4B5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4B5

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4B5	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ACB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989FB6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 196.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbcb',
    500: '#4bb4b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4b5;
$custom-light: #89cbcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.566,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70985,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 196.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4B5

secondary

#C69796

accent

#5756D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4B5

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

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