#4BBDB9#4BBDB9

#4BBDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.102 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDB9
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.45, -32.75, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.45, 33.62, 193.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% -0.1 -0.0211)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.102 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8524, 41.3907, 52.3055)
Luminance	0.4139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDB9 #BD4B4F

analogous

#4BBD80 #4BBDB9 #4B88BD

triadic

#4BBDB9 #B94BBD #BDB94B

tetradic

#4BBDB9 #804BBD #BD4B4F #88BD4B

square

#4BBDB9 #804BBD #BD4B4F #88BD4B

split-complementary

#4BBDB9 #BD4B88 #BD804B

monochromatic

#266865 #369491 #4BBDB9 #78CDCA #A5DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4BBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#4BBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDB9

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDB9	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.102 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1ce',
    500: '#4bbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdb9;
$custom-light: #8ad1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.895,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73305,
    "c": 0.10218,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDB9

secondary

#CB999B

accent

#5256D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDB9

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

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