#4BB8AE#4BB8AE

#4BB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 186.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8AE
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -33.36, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 33.63, 187.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0995 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.1 186.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6787, 38.8300, 46.0724)
Luminance	0.3883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8AE #B84B55

analogous

#4BB877 #4BB8AE #4B8BB8

triadic

#4BB8AE #AE4BB8 #B8AE4B

tetradic

#4BB8AE #774BB8 #B84B55 #8BB84B

square

#4BB8AE #774BB8 #B84B55 #8BB84B

split-complementary

#4BB8AE #B84B8B #B8774B

monochromatic

#27625D #388E86 #4BB8AE #77C9C2 #A3DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4BB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8AE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8AE	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 186.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec6',
    500: '#4bb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8ae;
$custom-light: #89cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.495,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71724,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 186.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8AE

secondary

#C8979C

accent

#5560D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8AE

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

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