#4BC8B9#4BC8B9

#4BC8B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.112 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC8B9
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 185)
HSL	hsl(173, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -37.87, -2.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 37.97, 184.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.1115 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.112 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.3089, 46.3037, 53.1243)
Luminance	0.4631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC8B9 #C84B5A

analogous

#4BC87B #4BC8B9 #4B99C8

triadic

#4BC8B9 #B94BC8 #C8B94B

tetradic

#4BC8B9 #7B4BC8 #C84B5A #99C84B

square

#4BC8B9 #7B4BC8 #C84B5A #99C84B

split-complementary

#4BC8B9 #C84B99 #C87B4B

monochromatic

#24756B #32A496 #4BC8B9 #7AD6CB #A9E5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4BC8B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#4BC8B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8B9

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC8B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC8B9	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBDB9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACAFBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc8b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.112 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd9ce',
    500: '#4bc8b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc8b9;
$custom-light: #8bd9ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc8b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.8,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.11183,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC8B9

secondary

#D29DA3

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC8B9

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

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