#4BC9AB#4BC9AB

#4BC9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.120 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9AB
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 171)
HSL	hsl(166, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 14.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -41.87, 4.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 42.14, 173.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.1189 0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.12 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1354, 46.2061, 45.7980)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9AB #C94B69

analogous

#4BC96C #4BC9AB #4BA8C9

triadic

#4BC9AB #AB4BC9 #C9AB4B

tetradic

#4BC9AB #6C4BC9 #C94B69 #A8C94B

square

#4BC9AB #6C4BC9 #C94B69 #A8C94B

split-complementary

#4BC9AB #C94BA8 #C96C4B

monochromatic

#237662 #32A58A #4BC9AB #7AD7C1 #A9E5D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#4BC9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#4BC9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9AB

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9AB	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CBC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.120 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdac4',
    500: '#4bc9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9ab;
$custom-light: #8bdac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75804,
    "c": 0.11953,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9AB

secondary

#D39DAA

accent

#4B6DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1512

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9AB

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

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