#4BB9BD#4BB9BD

#4BB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.099 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9BD
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -29.72, -11.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 31.82, 200.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.094 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.099 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4320, 39.8648, 54.2778)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9BD #BD4F4B

analogous

#4BBD88 #4BB9BD #4B80BD

triadic

#4BB9BD #BD4BB9 #B9BD4B

tetradic

#4BB9BD #884BBD #BD4F4B #80BD4B

square

#4BB9BD #884BBD #BD4F4B #80BD4B

split-complementary

#4BB9BD #BD4B80 #BD884B

monochromatic

#266568 #369194 #4BB9BD #78CACD #A5DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4BB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9BD

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9BD	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.099 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced0',
    500: '#4bb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9bd;
$custom-light: #8aced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.105,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72475,
    "c": 0.09915,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9BD

secondary

#CB9B99

accent

#5652D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9BD

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

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