#4BBAB5#4BBAB5

#4BBAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAB5
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -32.42, -6.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 33.15, 192.02°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0985 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.1 191)
XYZ	xyz(28.7974, 39.9469, 49.9000)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAB5 #BA4B50

analogous

#4BBA7D #4BBAB5 #4B87BA

triadic

#4BBAB5 #B54BBA #BAB54B

tetradic

#4BBAB5 #7D4BBA #BA4B50 #87BA4B

square

#4BBAB5 #7D4BBA #BA4B50 #87BA4B

split-complementary

#4BBAB5 #BA4B87 #BA7D4B

monochromatic

#266461 #37908C #4BBAB5 #77CBC7 #A3DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BBAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#4BBAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAB5

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAB5	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfcb',
    500: '#4bbab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbab5;
$custom-light: #89cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.297,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72442,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.3995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAB5

secondary

#C9989A

accent

#5459D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAB5

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

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