#4BB4BC#4BB4BC

#4BB4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.096 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4BC
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, -27.55, -13.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 30.52, 205.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0891 -0.0363)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.096 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.2962, 37.7663, 53.3656)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4BC #BC534B

analogous

#4BBC8C #4BB4BC #4B7CBC

triadic

#4BB4BC #BC4BB4 #B4BC4B

tetradic

#4BB4BC #8C4BBC #BC534B #7CBC4B

square

#4BB4BC #8C4BBC #BC534B #7CBC4B

split-complementary

#4BB4BC #BC4B7C #BC8C4B

monochromatic

#266266 #378D93 #4BB4BC #78C7CD #A4D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4BB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#4BB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4BC

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4BC	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.096 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad0',
    500: '#4bb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4bc;
$custom-light: #89cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.248,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71233,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4BC

secondary

#CA9C99

accent

#5C52D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4BC

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

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