#4BB5AB#4BB5AB

#4BB5AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.098 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5AB
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 171)
HSL	hsl(174, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 5.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -32.74, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 32.99, 187.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0976 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.098 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7730, 37.4812, 44.3438)
Luminance	0.3748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5AB #B54B55

analogous

#4BB576 #4BB5AB #4B8AB5

triadic

#4BB5AB #AB4BB5 #B5AB4B

tetradic

#4BB5AB #764BB5 #B54B55 #8AB54B

square

#4BB5AB #764BB5 #B54B55 #8AB54B

split-complementary

#4BB5AB #B54B8A #B5764B

monochromatic

#275F59 #398A82 #4BB5AB #76C7BF #A2D9D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4BB5AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#4BB5AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5AB

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5AB	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.098 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc4',
    500: '#4bb5ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5ab;
$custom-light: #88cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.34,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70893,
    "c": 0.09825,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5AB

secondary

#C6969B

accent

#5662D2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5AB

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

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