#4BB8AA#4BB8AA

#4BB8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8AA
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -34.42, -2.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 34.49, 183.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1013 -0.0065)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.101 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2946, 38.6763, 44.0493)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8AA #B84B59

analogous

#4BB873 #4BB8AA #4B8FB8

triadic

#4BB8AA #AA4BB8 #B8AA4B

tetradic

#4BB8AA #734BB8 #B84B59 #8FB84B

square

#4BB8AA #734BB8 #B84B59 #8FB84B

split-complementary

#4BB8AA #B84B8F #B8734B

monochromatic

#27625A #388E83 #4BB8AA #77C9BF #A3DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4BB8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8AA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8AA	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cec3',
    500: '#4bb8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8aa;
$custom-light: #88cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.294,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71597,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8AA

secondary

#C8979D

accent

#5565D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8AA

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

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