#4BB5BE#4BB5BE

#4BB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5BE
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -27.47, -13.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 30.69, 206.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.0893 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(28.7159, 38.2583, 54.5765)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5BE #BE544B

analogous

#4BBE8E #4BB5BE #4B7BBE

triadic

#4BB5BE #BE4BB5 #B5BE4B

tetradic

#4BB5BE #8E4BBE #BE544B #7BBE4B

square

#4BB5BE #8E4BBE #BE544B #7BBE4B

split-complementary

#4BB5BE #BE4B7B #BE8E4B

monochromatic

#266469 #368E96 #4BB5BE #78C7CE #A5DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4BB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4BB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5BE

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5BE	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd1',
    500: '#4bb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5be;
$custom-light: #8acbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.696,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71547,
    "c": 0.09703,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.38261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5BE

secondary

#CC9D99

accent

#5C51D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5BE

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

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