#4BB9BB#4BB9BB

#4BB9BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9BB
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 187)
HSL	hsl(181, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(181, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, -30.28, -10.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 32.01, 198.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0949 -0.0287)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.099 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.2164, 39.7786, 53.1424)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9BB #BB4D4B

analogous

#4BBB85 #4BB9BB #4B81BB

triadic

#4BB9BB #BB4BB9 #B9BB4B

tetradic

#4BB9BB #854BBB #BB4D4B #81BB4B

square

#4BB9BB #854BBB #BB4D4B #81BB4B

split-complementary

#4BB9BB #BB4B81 #BB854B

monochromatic

#266465 #379092 #4BB9BB #77CACC #A4DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BB9BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#4BB9BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9BB

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9BB	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acecf',
    500: '#4bb9bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9bb;
$custom-light: #8acecf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72405,
    "c": 0.09912,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9BB

secondary

#CA9998

accent

#5553D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9BB

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

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