#4BB8BD#4BB8BD

#4BB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.099 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8BD
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -29.23, -11.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 31.54, 202.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0929 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.099 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2235, 39.4479, 54.2083)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8BD #BD504B

analogous

#4BBD89 #4BB8BD #4B7FBD

triadic

#4BB8BD #BD4BB8 #B8BD4B

tetradic

#4BB8BD #894BBD #BD504B #7FBD4B

square

#4BB8BD #894BBD #BD504B #7FBD4B

split-complementary

#4BB8BD #BD4B7F #BD894B

monochromatic

#266568 #369094 #4BB8BD #78CACD #A5DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4BB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4BB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8BD

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8BD	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.099 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd0',
    500: '#4bb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8bd;
$custom-light: #8acdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.632,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72234,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8BD

secondary

#CB9B99

accent

#5852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8BD

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

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