#4BB8BB#4BB8BB

#4BB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8BB
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, -29.80, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 31.70, 199.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.16% -0.0938 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(72.16% 0.098 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0079, 39.3617, 53.0729)
Luminance	0.3936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8BB #BB4E4B

analogous

#4BBB86 #4BB8BB #4B80BB

triadic

#4BB8BB #BB4BB8 #B8BB4B

tetradic

#4BB8BB #864BBB #BB4E4B #80BB4B

square

#4BB8BB #864BBB #BB4E4B #80BB4B

split-complementary

#4BB8BB #BB4B80 #BB864B

monochromatic

#266465 #378F92 #4BB8BB #77CACC #A4DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4BB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#4BB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8BB

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8BB	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdcf',
    500: '#4bb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8bb;
$custom-light: #8acdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.607,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72163,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8BB

secondary

#CA9A98

accent

#5653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8BB

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

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