#4BBAB6#4BBAB6

#4BBAB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAB6
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -32.15, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 32.99, 192.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0981 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.1 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9004, 39.9881, 50.4423)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAB6 #BA4B4F

analogous

#4BBA7E #4BBAB6 #4B86BA

triadic

#4BBAB6 #B64BBA #BAB64B

tetradic

#4BBAB6 #7E4BBA #BA4B4F #86BA4B

square

#4BBAB6 #7E4BBA #BA4B4F #86BA4B

split-complementary

#4BBAB6 #BA4B86 #BA7E4B

monochromatic

#266462 #37908D #4BBAB6 #77CBC8 #A3DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BBAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4BBAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAB6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAB6	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfcb',
    500: '#4bbab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbab6;
$custom-light: #89cfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.838,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72476,
    "c": 0.10024,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAB6

secondary

#C9989A

accent

#5458D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAB6

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

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