#4BBCB8#4BBCB8

#4BBCB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCB8
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -32.55, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.41, 193.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0993 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.102 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.5328, 40.9199, 51.6800)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCB8 #BC4B4F

analogous

#4BBC80 #4BBCB8 #4B88BC

triadic

#4BBCB8 #B84BBC #BCB84B

tetradic

#4BBCB8 #804BBC #BC4B4F #88BC4B

square

#4BBCB8 #804BBC #BC4B4F #88BC4B

split-complementary

#4BBCB8 #BC4B88 #BC804B

monochromatic

#266664 #379390 #4BBCB8 #78CDCA #A4DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4BBCB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4BBCB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCB8

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCB8	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0cd',
    500: '#4bbcb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcb8;
$custom-light: #8ad0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.876,
    "s": 45.749,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73029,
    "c": 0.10153,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCB8

secondary

#CA999A

accent

#5257D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCB8

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

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