#4BBDAD#4BBDAD

#4BBDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDAD
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.11, -35.96, -1.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.11, 35.99, 182.41°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% -0.1053 -0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.105 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6386, 40.9052, 45.9133)
Luminance	0.4091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDAD #BD4B5B

analogous

#4BBD74 #4BBDAD #4B94BD

triadic

#4BBDAD #AD4BBD #BDAD4B

tetradic

#4BBDAD #744BBD #BD4B5B #94BD4B

square

#4BBDAD #744BBD #BD4B5B #94BD4B

split-complementary

#4BBDAD #BD4B94 #BD744B

monochromatic

#26685E #369487 #4BBDAD #78CDC1 #A5DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4BBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4BBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDAD

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c5',
    500: '#4bbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdad;
$custom-light: #89d1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.579,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72917,
    "c": 0.10541,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDAD

secondary

#CB99A0

accent

#5264D6

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDAD

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

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