#4BB8A9#4BB8A9

#4BB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8A9
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -34.68, -1.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.72, 182.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1017 -0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.102 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2003, 38.6386, 43.5530)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8A9 #B84B5A

analogous

#4BB872 #4BB8A9 #4B90B8

triadic

#4BB8A9 #A94BB8 #B8A94B

tetradic

#4BB8A9 #724BB8 #B84B5A #90B84B

square

#4BB8A9 #724BB8 #B84B5A #90B84B

split-complementary

#4BB8A9 #B84B90 #B8724B

monochromatic

#27625A #388E82 #4BB8A9 #77C9BE #A3DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4BB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8A9

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8A9	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec2',
    500: '#4bb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8a9;
$custom-light: #88cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.743,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71565,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8A9

secondary

#C8979E

accent

#5566D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8A9

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

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