#4BC4B9#4BC4B9

#4BC4B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.108 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4B9
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 185)
HSL	hsl(175, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(175, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.55, -36.03, -4.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.55, 36.31, 187.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1074 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.108 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3946, 44.4752, 52.8196)
Luminance	0.4448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4B9 #C44B56

analogous

#4BC47C #4BC4B9 #4B93C4

triadic

#4BC4B9 #B94BC4 #C4B94B

tetradic

#4BC4B9 #7C4BC4 #C44B56 #93C44B

square

#4BC4B9 #7C4BC4 #C44B56 #93C44B

split-complementary

#4BC4B9 #C44B93 #C47C4B

monochromatic

#257069 #349E94 #4BC4B9 #79D3CB #A7E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#4BC4B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#4BC4B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4B9

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4B9	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BABAB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8ACBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.108 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6ce',
    500: '#4bc4b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4b9;
$custom-light: #8bd6ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.545,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75004,
    "c": 0.10811,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4B9

secondary

#CF9BA0

accent

#4E5ADA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4B9

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

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