#4BB8AC#4BB8AC

#4BB8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 185.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8AC
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -33.89, -3.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.04, 185.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1004 -0.0092)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.101 185.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4852, 38.7526, 45.0532)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8AC #B84B57

analogous

#4BB875 #4BB8AC #4B8EB8

triadic

#4BB8AC #AC4BB8 #B8AC4B

tetradic

#4BB8AC #754BB8 #B84B57 #8EB84B

square

#4BB8AC #754BB8 #B84B57 #8EB84B

split-complementary

#4BB8AC #B84B8E #B8754B

monochromatic

#27625B #388E84 #4BB8AC #77C9C0 #A3DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4BB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8AC

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8AC	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAEAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 185.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec4',
    500: '#4bb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8ac;
$custom-light: #89cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.394,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7166,
    "c": 0.10081,
    "h": 185.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8AC

secondary

#C8979D

accent

#5563D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8AC

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

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