#4BB8A8#4BB8A8

#4BB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8A8
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, -34.94, -1.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 34.96, 181.93°)
OKLab	oklab(71.53% -0.1022 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(71.53% 0.102 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1068, 38.6012, 43.0604)
Luminance	0.3860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8A8 #B84B5B

analogous

#4BB871 #4BB8A8 #4B91B8

triadic

#4BB8A8 #A84BB8 #B8A84B

tetradic

#4BB8A8 #714BB8 #B84B5B #91B84B

square

#4BB8A8 #714BB8 #B84B5B #91B84B

split-complementary

#4BB8A8 #B84B91 #B8714B

monochromatic

#276259 #388E81 #4BB8A8 #77C9BD #A3DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4BB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8A8

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8A8	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec1',
    500: '#4bb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8a8;
$custom-light: #88cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.193,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71534,
    "c": 0.10226,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8A8

secondary

#C8979E

accent

#5567D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8A8

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

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