#4BC0B4#4BC0B4

#4BC0B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.106 H 185.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC0B4
RGB	rgb(75, 192, 180)
HSL	hsl(174, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 0%, 6.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -35.51, -3.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 35.70, 186.00°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.1054 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.106 185.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9858, 42.4873, 49.7918)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC0B4 #C04B57

analogous

#4BC079 #4BC0B4 #4B92C0

triadic

#4BC0B4 #B44BC0 #C0B44B

tetradic

#4BC0B4 #794BC0 #C04B57 #92C04B

square

#4BC0B4 #794BC0 #C04B57 #92C04B

split-complementary

#4BC0B4 #C04B92 #C0794B

monochromatic

#256B64 #35988E #4BC0B4 #78D0C7 #A6E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4BC0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#4BC0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC0B4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC0B4	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7B6B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A9B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 192, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.106 185.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad3ca',
    500: '#4bc0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc0b4;
$custom-light: #8ad3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.846,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73871,
    "c": 0.10591,
    "h": 185.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC0B4

secondary

#CD9A9F

accent

#505ED8

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC0B4

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

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