#4BBAB9#4BBAB9

#4BBAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.100 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAB9
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -31.32, -8.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 32.57, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0968 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.1 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2137, 40.1134, 52.0926)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAB9 #BA4B4C

analogous

#4BBA81 #4BBAB9 #4B83BA

triadic

#4BBAB9 #B94BBA #BAB94B

tetradic

#4BBAB9 #814BBA #BA4B4C #83BA4B

square

#4BBAB9 #814BBA #BA4B4C #83BA4B

split-complementary

#4BBAB9 #BA4B83 #BA814B

monochromatic

#266464 #379090 #4BBAB9 #77CBCA #A3DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4BBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAB9

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAB9	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.100 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfce',
    500: '#4bbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbab9;
$custom-light: #8acfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.459,
    "s": 44.578,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAB9

secondary

#C99898

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAB9

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

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