#4BB5B2#4BB5B2

#4BB5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5B2
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.84, -30.85, -7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.84, 31.77, 193.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0945 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.097 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.4579, 37.7551, 47.9513)
Luminance	0.3776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5B2 #B54B4E

analogous

#4BB57D #4BB5B2 #4B83B5

triadic

#4BB5B2 #B24BB5 #B5B24B

tetradic

#4BB5B2 #7D4BB5 #B54B4E #83B54B

square

#4BB5B2 #7D4BB5 #B54B4E #83B54B

split-complementary

#4BB5B2 #B54B83 #B57D4B

monochromatic

#275F5D #398A88 #4BB5B2 #76C7C5 #A2D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4BB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#4BB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5B2

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5B2	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)

#ABADB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc9',
    500: '#4bb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5b2;
$custom-light: #89cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.302,
    "s": 41.732,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71125,
    "c": 0.09682,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5B2

secondary

#C69698

accent

#565AD2

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5B2

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

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