#4BB8BA#4BB8BA

#4BB8BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.098 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8BA
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -30.08, -10.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 31.80, 198.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0942 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.098 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9012, 39.3190, 52.5111)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8BA #BA4D4B

analogous

#4BBA84 #4BB8BA #4B80BA

triadic

#4BB8BA #BA4BB8 #B8BA4B

tetradic

#4BB8BA #844BBA #BA4D4B #80BA4B

square

#4BB8BA #844BBA #BA4D4B #80BA4B

split-complementary

#4BB8BA #BA4B80 #BA844B

monochromatic

#266364 #378F90 #4BB8BA #77C9CB #A3DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB8BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4BB8BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8BA

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8BA	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.098 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdce',
    500: '#4bb8ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8ba;
$custom-light: #8acdce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.081,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72128,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8BA

secondary

#C99998

accent

#5654D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8BA

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

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