#4BBCA9#4BBCA9

#4BBCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 180.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCA9
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.70, -36.53, 0.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.70, 36.53, 179.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.106 -0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.106 180.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.0430, 40.3240, 43.8339)
Luminance	0.4033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCA9 #BC4B5E

analogous

#4BBC71 #4BBCA9 #4B96BC

triadic

#4BBCA9 #A94BBC #BCA94B

tetradic

#4BBCA9 #714BBC #BC4B5E #96BC4B

square

#4BBCA9 #714BBC #BC4B5E #96BC4B

split-complementary

#4BBCA9 #BC4B96 #BC714B

monochromatic

#26665C #379384 #4BBCA9 #78CDBE #A4DDD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4BBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCA9

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCA9	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	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)

#B4B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 180.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c2',
    500: '#4bbca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbca9;
$custom-light: #89d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.912,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72549,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 180.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCA9

secondary

#CA99A1

accent

#5268D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCA9

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

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