#4BBCB3#4BBCB3

#4BBCB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 187.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCB3
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 179)
HSL	hsl(175, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(175, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.98, -33.91, -5.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.98, 34.27, 188.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.1016 -0.0141)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.103 187.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.0179, 40.7140, 48.9684)
Luminance	0.4072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCB3 #BC4B54

analogous

#4BBC7B #4BBCB3 #4B8DBC

triadic

#4BBCB3 #B34BBC #BCB34B

tetradic

#4BBCB3 #7B4BBC #BC4B54 #8DBC4B

square

#4BBCB3 #7B4BBC #BC4B54 #8DBC4B

split-complementary

#4BBCB3 #BC4B8D #BC7B4B

monochromatic

#266661 #37938C #4BBCB3 #78CDC6 #A4DDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4BBCB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4BBCB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCB3

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCB3	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 187.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d0c9',
    500: '#4bbcb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcb3;
$custom-light: #89d0c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.221,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72863,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 187.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCB3

secondary

#CA999D

accent

#525DD5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCB3

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

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