#4BB5BD#4BB5BD

#4BB5BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5BD
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 4.2%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -27.76, -13.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 30.73, 205.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0897 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6069, 38.2148, 54.0028)
Luminance	0.3822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5BD #BD534B

analogous

#4BBD8C #4BB5BD #4B7CBD

triadic

#4BB5BD #BD4BB5 #B5BD4B

tetradic

#4BB5BD #8C4BBD #BD534B #7CBD4B

square

#4BB5BD #8C4BBD #BD534B #7CBD4B

split-complementary

#4BB5BD #BD4B7C #BD8C4B

monochromatic

#266368 #368E94 #4BB5BD #78C7CD #A5DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4BB5BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4BB5BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5BD

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5BD	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd0',
    500: '#4bb5bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5bd;
$custom-light: #8acbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.211,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71511,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5BD

secondary

#CB9C99

accent

#5B52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5BD

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

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