#4BB9AB#4BB9AB

#4BB9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9AB
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -34.62, -2.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 34.70, 183.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.1019 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.102 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5980, 39.1312, 44.6188)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9AB #B94B59

analogous

#4BB974 #4BB9AB #4B90B9

triadic

#4BB9AB #AB4BB9 #B9AB4B

tetradic

#4BB9AB #744BB9 #B94B59 #90B94B

square

#4BB9AB #744BB9 #B94B59 #90B94B

split-complementary

#4BB9AB #B94B90 #B9744B

monochromatic

#27635B #388F84 #4BB9AB #77CAC0 #A3DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4BB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4BB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9AB

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9AB	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec3',
    500: '#4bb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9ab;
$custom-light: #89cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.364,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9AB

secondary

#C8989E

accent

#5464D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0C1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9AB

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

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