#4BBAC5#4BBAC5

#4BBAC5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBAC5
RGB	rgb(75, 186, 197)
HSL	hsl(185, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 5.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -27.92, -14.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 31.67, 208.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73% -0.0917 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(73% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5343, 40.6417, 59.0479)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBAC5 #C5564B

analogous

#4BC593 #4BBAC5 #4B7DC5

triadic

#4BBAC5 #C54BBA #BAC54B

tetradic

#4BBAC5 #934BC5 #C5564B #7DC54B

square

#4BBAC5 #934BC5 #C5564B #7DC54B

split-complementary

#4BBAC5 #C54B7D #C5934B

monochromatic

#246A71 #33969F #4BBAC5 #79CCD4 #A8DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4BBAC5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4BBAC5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBAC5

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBAC5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBAC5	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB3C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA5C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbac5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 186, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfd6',
    500: '#4bbac5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbac5;
$custom-light: #8bcfd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbac5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.41,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73004,
    "c": 0.10061,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBAC5

secondary

#D0A09C

accent

#5A4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBAC5

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

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