#4BB5BA#4BB5BA

#4BB5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5BA
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.08, -28.61, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.08, 30.90, 202.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.091 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2847, 38.0858, 52.3055)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5BA #BA504B

analogous

#4BBA87 #4BB5BA #4B7DBA

triadic

#4BB5BA #BA4BB5 #B5BA4B

tetradic

#4BB5BA #874BBA #BA504B #7DBA4B

square

#4BB5BA #874BBA #BA504B #7DBA4B

split-complementary

#4BB5BA #BA4B7D #BA874B

monochromatic

#266164 #378C90 #4BB5BA #77C7CB #A3D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#4BB5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#4BB5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5BA

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5BA	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbce',
    500: '#4bb5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5ba;
$custom-light: #89cbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.703,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71403,
    "c": 0.09658,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5BA

secondary

#C99A98

accent

#5954D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5BA

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

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