#4BBDBF#4BBDBF

#4BBDBF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.102 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDBF
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 191)
HSL	hsl(181, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(181, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.7%, 1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.63, -31.09, -10.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.63, 32.85, 198.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.51% -0.0974 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(73.51% 0.102 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.4991, 41.6494, 55.7119)
Luminance	0.4165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDBF #BF4D4B

analogous

#4BBF87 #4BBDBF #4B83BF

triadic

#4BBDBF #BF4BBD #BDBF4B

tetradic

#4BBDBF #874BBF #BF4D4B #83BF4B

square

#4BBDBF #874BBF #BF4D4B #83BF4B

split-complementary

#4BBDBF #BF4B83 #BF874B

monochromatic

#26696A #369597 #4BBDBF #78CECF #A5DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4BBDBF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#4BBDBF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDBF

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDBF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDBF	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B5BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA7C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdbf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.102 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1d2',
    500: '#4bbdbf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdbf;
$custom-light: #8ad1d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdbf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.034,
    "s": 47.541,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7351,
    "c": 0.10172,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDBF

secondary

#CC9A9A

accent

#5351D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDBF

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

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