#4BC4BF#4BC4BF

#4BC4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.107 H 191.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC4BF
RGB	rgb(75, 196, 191)
HSL	hsl(178, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(178, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 0%, 2.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -34.41, -7.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 35.22, 192.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.1047 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.107 191.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0414, 44.7339, 56.2260)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC4BF #C44B50

analogous

#4BC482 #4BC4BF #4B8CC4

triadic

#4BC4BF #BF4BC4 #C4BF4B

tetradic

#4BC4BF #824BC4 #C44B50 #8CC44B

square

#4BC4BF #824BC4 #C44B50 #8CC44B

split-complementary

#4BC4BF #C44B8C #C4824B

monochromatic

#25706D #349E9A #4BC4BF #79D3CF #A7E2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4BC4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#4BC4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC4BF

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC4BF	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9BABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6ADC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 196, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.107 191.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6d2',
    500: '#4bc4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc4bf;
$custom-light: #8bd6d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.521,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.752,
    "c": 0.10678,
    "h": 191.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC4BF

secondary

#CF9B9D

accent

#4E53DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC4BF

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

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