#4BBC9C#4BBC9C

#4BBC9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.113 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBC9C
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 156)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 17%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -39.77, 6.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 40.33, 170.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% -0.112 0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.113 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8827, 39.8599, 37.7230)
Luminance	0.3986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBC9C #BC4B6B

analogous

#4BBC64 #4BBC9C #4BA4BC

triadic

#4BBC9C #9C4BBC #BC9C4B

tetradic

#4BBC9C #644BBC #BC4B6B #A4BC4B

square

#4BBC9C #644BBC #BC4B6B #A4BC4B

split-complementary

#4BBC9C #BC4BA4 #BC644B

monochromatic

#266654 #379379 #4BBC9C #78CDB5 #A4DDCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BBC9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4BBC9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBC9C

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBC9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBC9C	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B09A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A49E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbc9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.113 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1b9',
    500: '#4bbc9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbc9c;
$custom-light: #88d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbc9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.009,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72171,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBC9C

secondary

#CA99A7

accent

#5277D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBC9C

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

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