#4BBCBF#4BBCBF

#4BBCBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.101 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCBF
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 191)
HSL	hsl(182, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 1.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, -30.61, -11.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 32.54, 199.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.27% -0.0963 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(73.27% 0.101 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2848, 41.2207, 55.6405)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCBF #BF4E4B

analogous

#4BBF88 #4BBCBF #4B82BF

triadic

#4BBCBF #BF4BBC #BCBF4B

tetradic

#4BBCBF #884BBF #BF4E4B #82BF4B

square

#4BBCBF #884BBF #BF4E4B #82BF4B

split-complementary

#4BBCBF #BF4B82 #BF884B

monochromatic

#26686A #369597 #4BBCBF #78CDCF #A5DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4BBCBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#4BBCBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCBF

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCBF	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)

#B0B4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA6C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.101 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0d2',
    500: '#4bbcbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcbf;
$custom-light: #8ad0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.552,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73269,
    "c": 0.10108,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCBF

secondary

#CC9B9A

accent

#5451D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCBF

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

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