#4BB8BE#4BB8BE

#4BB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.099 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8BE
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, -28.95, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 31.47, 203.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0925 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.099 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3324, 39.4915, 54.7820)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8BE #BE514B

analogous

#4BBE8A #4BB8BE #4B7FBE

triadic

#4BB8BE #BE4BB8 #B8BE4B

tetradic

#4BB8BE #8A4BBE #BE514B #7FBE4B

square

#4BB8BE #8A4BBE #BE514B #7FBE4B

split-complementary

#4BB8BE #BE4B7F #BE8A4B

monochromatic

#266569 #369196 #4BB8BE #78CACE #A5DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4BB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4BB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8BE

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8BE	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.099 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd1',
    500: '#4bb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8be;
$custom-light: #8acdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72269,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8BE

secondary

#CC9C99

accent

#5851D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8BE

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

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