#4BBAB4#4BBAB4

#4BBAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.101 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAB4
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -32.69, -6.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 33.31, 191.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.099 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.101 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.6951, 39.9060, 49.3615)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAB4 #BA4B51

analogous

#4BBA7C #4BBAB4 #4B88BA

triadic

#4BBAB4 #B44BBA #BAB44B

tetradic

#4BBAB4 #7C4BBA #BA4B51 #88BA4B

square

#4BBAB4 #7C4BBA #BA4B51 #88BA4B

split-complementary

#4BBAB4 #BA4B88 #BA7C4B

monochromatic

#266461 #37908C #4BBAB4 #77CBC6 #A3DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BBAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4BBAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAB4

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAB4	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)

#B0B1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.101 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfca',
    500: '#4bbab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbab4;
$custom-light: #89cfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.757,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72409,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAB4

secondary

#C9989B

accent

#545AD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAB4

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

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