#4BB9BA#4BB9BA

#4BB9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.397; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 196.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9BA
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 186)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0.5%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.28, -30.56, -9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.28, 32.12, 197.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0953 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.099 196)
XYZ	xyz(29.1097, 39.7359, 52.5805)
Luminance	0.3974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9BA #BA4C4B

analogous

#4BBA83 #4BB9BA #4B81BA

triadic

#4BB9BA #BA4BB9 #B9BA4B

tetradic

#4BB9BA #834BBA #BA4C4B #81BA4B

square

#4BB9BA #834BBA #BA4C4B #81BA4B

split-complementary

#4BB9BA #BA4B81 #BA834B

monochromatic

#266464 #379090 #4BB9BA #77CACB #A3DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4BB9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#4BB9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9BA

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9BA	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB1BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 196.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acece',
    500: '#4bb9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9ba;
$custom-light: #8acece;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.541,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7237,
    "c": 0.09914,
    "h": 196
  },
  "luminance": 0.39739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9BA

secondary

#C99898

accent

#5554D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9BA

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

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