#4BBBB8#4BBBB8

#4BBBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBBB8
RGB	rgb(75, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -32.07, -7.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 33.05, 193.96°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0983 -0.0222)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.101 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3199, 40.4941, 51.6091)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBBB8 #BB4B4E

analogous

#4BBB80 #4BBBB8 #4B86BB

triadic

#4BBBB8 #B84BBB #BBB84B

tetradic

#4BBBB8 #804BBB #BB4B4E #86BB4B

square

#4BBBB8 #804BBB #BB4B4E #86BB4B

split-complementary

#4BBBB8 #BB4B86 #BB804B

monochromatic

#266564 #37928F #4BBBB8 #77CCCA #A4DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BBBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4BBBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBBB8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBBB8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0cd',
    500: '#4bbbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbbb8;
$custom-light: #8ad0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.393,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72786,
    "c": 0.10076,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBBB8

secondary

#CA989A

accent

#5356D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBBB8

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

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