#4BC4AE#4BC4AE

#4BC4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4AE
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(169, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(169, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 11.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, -38.90, 1.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.91, 178.43°)
OKLab	oklab(74.66% -0.1123 0.0022)
OKLCH	oklch(74.66% 0.112 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2780, 44.0285, 46.9389)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4AE #C44B61

analogous

#4BC471 #4BC4AE #4B9DC4

triadic

#4BC4AE #AE4BC4 #C4AE4B

tetradic

#4BC4AE #714BC4 #C44B61 #9DC44B

square

#4BC4AE #714BC4 #C44B61 #9DC44B

split-complementary

#4BC4AE #C44B9D #C4714B

monochromatic

#257062 #349E8B #4BC4AE #79D3C3 #A7E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4BC4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#4BC4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4AE

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4AE	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCB9AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAACB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad6c6',
    500: '#4bc4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4ae;
$custom-light: #8ad6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74664,
    "c": 0.11232,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4AE

secondary

#CF9BA5

accent

#4E67DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4AE

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

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