#4BB5BC#4BB5BC

#4BB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.097 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5BC
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -28.05, -12.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 30.78, 204.32°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.0902 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.097 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.4988, 38.1715, 53.4331)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5BC #BC524B

analogous

#4BBC8B #4BB5BC #4B7DBC

triadic

#4BB5BC #BC4BB5 #B5BC4B

tetradic

#4BB5BC #8B4BBC #BC524B #7DBC4B

square

#4BB5BC #8B4BBC #BC524B #7DBC4B

split-complementary

#4BB5BC #BC4B7D #BC8B4B

monochromatic

#266266 #378D93 #4BB5BC #78C7CD #A4DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4BB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4BB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5BC

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5BC	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)

#A8AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.097 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbd0',
    500: '#4bb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5bc;
$custom-light: #89cbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.717,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5BC

secondary

#CA9C99

accent

#5B52D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5BC

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

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