#4BC4BD#4BC4BD

#4BC4BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.107 H 189.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4BD
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 189)
HSL	hsl(177, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(177, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 3.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.66, -34.96, -6.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.66, 35.55, 190.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.1056 -0.0181)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.107 189.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8228, 44.6464, 55.0748)
Luminance	0.4465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4BD #C44B52

analogous

#4BC480 #4BC4BD #4B8EC4

triadic

#4BC4BD #BD4BC4 #C4BD4B

tetradic

#4BC4BD #804BC4 #C44B52 #8EC44B

square

#4BC4BD #804BC4 #C44B52 #8EC44B

split-complementary

#4BC4BD #C44B8E #C4804B

monochromatic

#25706C #349E98 #4BC4BD #79D3CE #A7E2DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4BC4BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.93

#4BC4BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4BD

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4BD	1.00	2.11	9.93	9.93
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7ACBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.107 189.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6d0',
    500: '#4bc4bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4bd;
$custom-light: #8bd6d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.529,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75133,
    "c": 0.10715,
    "h": 189.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4BD

secondary

#CF9B9E

accent

#4E56DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4BD

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

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