#4BBAB3#4BBAB3

#4BBAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAB3
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -32.96, -5.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 33.48, 190.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.38% -0.0994 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(72.38% 0.101 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5936, 39.8654, 48.8270)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAB3 #BA4B52

analogous

#4BBA7B #4BBAB3 #4B89BA

triadic

#4BBAB3 #B34BBA #BAB34B

tetradic

#4BBAB3 #7B4BBA #BA4B52 #89BA4B

square

#4BBAB3 #7B4BBA #BA4B52 #89BA4B

split-complementary

#4BBAB3 #BA4B89 #BA7B4B

monochromatic

#266460 #37908B #4BBAB3 #77CBC6 #A3DCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BBAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4BBAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAB3

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAB3	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)

#B0B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfc9',
    500: '#4bbab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbab3;
$custom-light: #89cfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.216,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72376,
    "c": 0.10077,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAB3

secondary

#C9989B

accent

#545CD4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAB3

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

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