#4BB8B3#4BB8B3

#4BB8B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8B3
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 179)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -32.01, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 32.72, 191.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0973 -0.0189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.099 191)
XYZ	xyz(28.1753, 39.0286, 48.6875)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8B3 #B84B50

analogous

#4BB87C #4BB8B3 #4B86B8

triadic

#4BB8B3 #B34BB8 #B8B34B

tetradic

#4BB8B3 #7C4BB8 #B84B50 #86B84B

square

#4BB8B3 #7C4BB8 #B84B50 #86B84B

split-complementary

#4BB8B3 #B84B86 #B87C4B

monochromatic

#27625F #388E8A #4BB8B3 #77C9C6 #A3DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4BB8B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4BB8B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8B3

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8B3	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec9',
    500: '#4bb8b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8b3;
$custom-light: #89cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.248,
    "s": 43.426,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71889,
    "c": 0.09909,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.39032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8B3

secondary

#C89799

accent

#555AD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8B3

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

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