#4BB8AB#4BB8AB

#4BB8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8AB
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -34.16, -2.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 34.26, 184.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1008 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.101 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.3895, 38.7143, 44.5494)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8AB #B84B58

analogous

#4BB874 #4BB8AB #4B8EB8

triadic

#4BB8AB #AB4BB8 #B8AB4B

tetradic

#4BB8AB #744BB8 #B84B58 #8EB84B

square

#4BB8AB #744BB8 #B84B58 #8EB84B

split-complementary

#4BB8AB #B84B8E #B8744B

monochromatic

#27625B #388E84 #4BB8AB #77C9BF #A3DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4BB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8AB

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8AB	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)

#B0AEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec4',
    500: '#4bb8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8ab;
$custom-light: #89cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.844,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71628,
    "c": 0.10114,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8AB

secondary

#C8979D

accent

#5564D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8AB

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

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