#4BB4BF#4BB4BF

#4BB4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.097 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB4BF
RGB	rgb(75, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, -26.69, -14.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 30.44, 208.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0878 -0.0405)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.097 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6229, 37.8970, 55.0865)
Luminance	0.3790 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB4BF #BF564B

analogous

#4BBF90 #4BB4BF #4B7ABF

triadic

#4BB4BF #BF4BB4 #B4BF4B

tetradic

#4BB4BF #904BBF #BF564B #7ABF4B

square

#4BB4BF #904BBF #BF564B #7ABF4B

split-complementary

#4BB4BF #BF4B7A #BF904B

monochromatic

#26636A #368E97 #4BB4BF #78C7CF #A5DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4BB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#4BB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB4BF

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB4BF	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.097 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acad2',
    500: '#4bb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb4bf;
$custom-light: #8acad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71343,
    "c": 0.09674,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB4BF

secondary

#CC9E9A

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB4BF

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

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