#4BC5B6#4BC5B6

#4BC5B6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.110 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5B6
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 182)
HSL	hsl(173, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(173, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 0%, 7.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -37.29, -2.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 37.37, 183.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.15% -0.1097 -0.0074)
OKLCH	oklch(75.15% 0.11 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.3075, 44.8024, 51.2447)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5B6 #C54B5A

analogous

#4BC579 #4BC5B6 #4B97C5

triadic

#4BC5B6 #B64BC5 #C5B64B

tetradic

#4BC5B6 #794BC5 #C54B5A #97C54B

square

#4BC5B6 #794BC5 #C54B5A #97C54B

split-complementary

#4BC5B6 #C54B97 #C5794B

monochromatic

#247168 #339F92 #4BC5B6 #79D4C9 #A8E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#4BC5B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#4BC5B6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5B6

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5B6	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCBAB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAADB7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.110 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7cb',
    500: '#4bc5b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5b6;
$custom-light: #8bd7cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.623,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75152,
    "c": 0.11,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5B6

secondary

#D09CA2

accent

#4D5EDB

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5B6

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

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