#4BBBB5#4BBBB5

#4BBBB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBBB5
RGB	rgb(75, 187, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 3.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -32.89, -6.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 33.52, 191.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0996 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.101 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.0088, 40.3697, 49.9704)
Luminance	0.4037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBBB5 #BB4B51

analogous

#4BBB7D #4BBBB5 #4B89BB

triadic

#4BBBB5 #B54BBB #BBB54B

tetradic

#4BBBB5 #7D4BBB #BB4B51 #89BB4B

square

#4BBBB5 #7D4BBB #BB4B51 #89BB4B

split-complementary

#4BBBB5 #BB4B89 #BB7D4B

monochromatic

#266562 #37928D #4BBBB5 #77CCC7 #A4DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BBBB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4BBBB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBBB5

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBBB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBBB5	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B2B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbbb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 187, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0cb',
    500: '#4bbbb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbbb5;
$custom-light: #8ad0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbbb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.786,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72685,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBBB5

secondary

#CA989B

accent

#535AD5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBBB5

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

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