#4BBCB5#4BBCB5

#4BBCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCB5
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -33.37, -6.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 33.90, 190.21°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.1007 -0.0168)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.102 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2217, 40.7954, 50.0414)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCB5 #BC4B52

analogous

#4BBC7D #4BBCB5 #4B8BBC

triadic

#4BBCB5 #B54BBC #BCB54B

tetradic

#4BBCB5 #7D4BBC #BC4B52 #8BBC4B

square

#4BBCB5 #7D4BBC #BC4B52 #8BBC4B

split-complementary

#4BBCB5 #BC4B8B #BC7D4B

monochromatic

#266662 #37938D #4BBCB5 #78CDC7 #A4DDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4BBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4BBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCB5

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCB5	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0cb',
    500: '#4bbcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcb5;
$custom-light: #8ad0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.283,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72929,
    "c": 0.10206,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCB5

secondary

#CA999C

accent

#525BD5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCB5

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

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