#4BBCBE#4BBCBE

#4BBCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.101 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCBE
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.5%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.30, -30.89, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.30, 32.64, 198.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0967 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.101 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.1751, 41.1768, 55.0629)
Luminance	0.4118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCBE #BE4D4B

analogous

#4BBE86 #4BBCBE #4B83BE

triadic

#4BBCBE #BE4BBC #BCBE4B

tetradic

#4BBCBE #864BBE #BE4D4B #83BE4B

square

#4BBCBE #864BBE #BE4D4B #83BE4B

split-complementary

#4BBCBE #BE4B83 #BE864B

monochromatic

#266869 #369496 #4BBCBE #78CDCE #A5DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4BBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#4BBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCBE

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCBE	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.101 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d1',
    500: '#4bbcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcbe;
$custom-light: #8ad0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.043,
    "s": 46.939,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73234,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCBE

secondary

#CC9A99

accent

#5451D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCBE

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

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