#4BBDBC#4BBDBC

#4BBDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.102 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDBC
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.3%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.54, -31.92, -9.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.54, 33.20, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% -0.0987 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.102 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1724, 41.5187, 53.9910)
Luminance	0.4152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDBC #BD4B4C

analogous

#4BBD83 #4BBDBC #4B85BD

triadic

#4BBDBC #BC4BBD #BDBC4B

tetradic

#4BBDBC #834BBD #BD4B4C #85BD4B

square

#4BBDBC #834BBD #BD4B4C #85BD4B

split-complementary

#4BBDBC #BD4B85 #BD834B

monochromatic

#266867 #369494 #4BBDBC #78CDCD #A5DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4BBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4BBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDBC

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDBC	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.102 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d0',
    500: '#4bbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdbc;
$custom-light: #8ad1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.474,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73406,
    "c": 0.10185,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDBC

secondary

#CB9999

accent

#5253D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDBC

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

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