#4BB8AF#4BB8AF

#4BB8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8AF
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -33.09, -4.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.43, 188.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.099 -0.0134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.1 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7766, 38.8691, 46.5878)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8AF #B84B54

analogous

#4BB878 #4BB8AF #4B8AB8

triadic

#4BB8AF #AF4BB8 #B8AF4B

tetradic

#4BB8AF #784BB8 #B84B54 #8AB84B

square

#4BB8AF #784BB8 #B84B54 #8AB84B

split-complementary

#4BB8AF #B84B8A #B8784B

monochromatic

#27625D #388E87 #4BB8AF #77C9C3 #A3DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4BB8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4BB8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8AF

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8AF	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	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)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec6',
    500: '#4bb8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8af;
$custom-light: #89cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.046,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.09994,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8AF

secondary

#C8979B

accent

#555FD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8AF

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

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