#4BB9BE#4BB9BE

#4BB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.099 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9BE
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -29.43, -11.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 31.75, 201.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0936 -0.0329)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.099 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5409, 39.9084, 54.8515)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9BE #BE504B

analogous

#4BBE8A #4BB9BE #4B7FBE

triadic

#4BB9BE #BE4BB9 #B9BE4B

tetradic

#4BB9BE #8A4BBE #BE504B #7FBE4B

square

#4BB9BE #8A4BBE #BE504B #7FBE4B

split-complementary

#4BB9BE #BE4B7F #BE8A4B

monochromatic

#266669 #369296 #4BB9BE #78CACE #A5DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4BB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9BE

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9BE	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.099 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced1',
    500: '#4bb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9be;
$custom-light: #8aced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7251,
    "c": 0.0992,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9BE

secondary

#CC9B99

accent

#5751D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9BE

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

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