#4BB9B2#4BB9B2

#4BB9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9B2
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -32.76, -5.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 33.27, 190.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0988 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.1 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.2829, 39.4052, 48.2263)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9B2 #B94B52

analogous

#4BB97B #4BB9B2 #4B89B9

triadic

#4BB9B2 #B24BB9 #B9B24B

tetradic

#4BB9B2 #7B4BB9 #B94B52 #89B94B

square

#4BB9B2 #7B4BB9 #B94B52 #89B94B

split-complementary

#4BB9B2 #B94B89 #B97B4B

monochromatic

#27635F #388F8A #4BB9B2 #77CAC5 #A3DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4BB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4BB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9B2

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9B2	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec9',
    500: '#4bb9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9b2;
$custom-light: #89cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 44,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72099,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9B2

secondary

#C8989B

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9B2

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

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