#4BC4B6#4BC4B6

#4BC4B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.109 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4B6
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 7.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -36.83, -2.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 36.95, 184.62°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.1087 -0.0086)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.109 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0812, 44.3498, 51.1693)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4B6 #C44B59

analogous

#4BC479 #4BC4B6 #4B95C4

triadic

#4BC4B6 #B64BC4 #C4B64B

tetradic

#4BC4B6 #794BC4 #C44B59 #95C44B

square

#4BC4B6 #794BC4 #C44B59 #95C44B

split-complementary

#4BC4B6 #C44B95 #C4794B

monochromatic

#257067 #349E92 #4BC4B6 #79D3C9 #A7E2DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#4BC4B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#4BC4B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4B6

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4B6	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ACB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.109 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6cb',
    500: '#4bc4b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4b6;
$custom-light: #8bd6cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.058,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.10904,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4B6

secondary

#CF9BA1

accent

#4E5EDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4B6

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

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