#4BB5BB#4BB5BB

#4BB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.097 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5BB
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -28.33, -12.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 30.83, 203.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0906 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.097 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3914, 38.1285, 52.8674)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5BB #BB514B

analogous

#4BBB89 #4BB5BB #4B7DBB

triadic

#4BB5BB #BB4BB5 #B5BB4B

tetradic

#4BB5BB #894BBB #BB514B #7DBB4B

square

#4BB5BB #894BBB #BB514B #7DBB4B

split-complementary

#4BB5BB #BB4B7D #BB894B

monochromatic

#266265 #378D92 #4BB5BB #77C7CC #A4DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4BB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4BB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5BB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5BB	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.097 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbcf',
    500: '#4bb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5bb;
$custom-light: #89cbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71439,
    "c": 0.09665,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5BB

secondary

#CA9B98

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5BB

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

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