#4BBD9C#4BBD9C

#4BBD9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.115 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBD9C
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 156)
HSL	hsl(163, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(163, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 17.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.67, -40.21, 7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.67, 40.84, 169.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.1131 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.115 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0971, 40.2886, 37.7945)
Luminance	0.4029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBD9C #BD4B6C

analogous

#4BBD63 #4BBD9C #4BA5BD

triadic

#4BBD9C #9C4BBD #BD9C4B

tetradic

#4BBD9C #634BBD #BD4B6C #A5BD4B

square

#4BBD9C #634BBD #BD4B6C #A5BD4B

split-complementary

#4BBD9C #BD4BA5 #BD634B

monochromatic

#266855 #369479 #4BBD9C #78CDB5 #A5DECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BBD9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4BBD9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBD9C

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBD9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBD9C	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7A59E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbd9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.115 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88d1b9',
    500: '#4bbd9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbd9c;
$custom-light: #88d1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbd9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.632,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.11457,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBD9C

secondary

#CB99A7

accent

#5278D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBD9C

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