#4BBAB8#4BBAB8

#4BBAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAB8
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.52, -31.60, -8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.52, 32.70, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0972 -0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.1 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1085, 40.0713, 51.5386)
Luminance	0.4007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAB8 #BA4B4D

analogous

#4BBA80 #4BBAB8 #4B84BA

triadic

#4BBAB8 #B84BBA #BAB84B

tetradic

#4BBAB8 #804BBA #BA4B4D #84BA4B

square

#4BBAB8 #804BBA #BA4B4D #84BA4B

split-complementary

#4BBAB8 #BA4B84 #BA804B

monochromatic

#266463 #37908F #4BBAB8 #77CBC9 #A3DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BBAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4BBAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAB8

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAB8	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfcd',
    500: '#4bbab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbab8;
$custom-light: #8acfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.919,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72543,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAB8

secondary

#C99899

accent

#5456D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAB8

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

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