#4BBBB9#4BBBB9

#4BBBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBBB9
RGB	rgb(75, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 45%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.9%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -31.80, -8.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 32.91, 194.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0979 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.101 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4251, 40.5362, 52.1631)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBBB9 #BB4B4D

analogous

#4BBB81 #4BBBB9 #4B85BB

triadic

#4BBBB9 #B94BBB #BBB94B

tetradic

#4BBBB9 #814BBB #BB4B4D #85BB4B

square

#4BBBB9 #814BBB #BB4B4D #85BB4B

split-complementary

#4BBBB9 #BB4B85 #BB814B

monochromatic

#266564 #379290 #4BBBB9 #77CCCA #A4DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4BBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBBB9

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBBB9	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0ce',
    500: '#4bbbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbbb9;
$custom-light: #8ad0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.929,
    "s": 45.161,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7282,
    "c": 0.10065,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBBB9

secondary

#CA9899

accent

#5355D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBBB9

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

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