#4BB4BD#4BB4BD

#4BB4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.096 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4BD
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 189)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 4.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -27.27, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 30.48, 206.55°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0887 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.096 203)
XYZ	xyz(28.4043, 37.8096, 53.9353)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4BD #BD544B

analogous

#4BBD8D #4BB4BD #4B7BBD

triadic

#4BB4BD #BD4BB4 #B4BD4B

tetradic

#4BB4BD #8D4BBD #BD544B #7BBD4B

square

#4BB4BD #8D4BBD #BD544B #7BBD4B

split-complementary

#4BB4BD #BD4B7B #BD8D4B

monochromatic

#266268 #368D94 #4BB4BD #78C7CD #A5D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4BB4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4BB4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4BD

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4BD	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.096 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cad0',
    500: '#4bb4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4bd;
$custom-light: #89cad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7127,
    "c": 0.09637,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.37812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4BD

secondary

#CB9D99

accent

#5C52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4BD

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

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