#4BDBAF is a mid-toned, cool teal. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It is too pale to lead as a primary accent and sits well as a supporting tone.
Not just a swatch — here's how #4BDBAF works with other colors. Named schemes with #4BDBAF in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Medium Aquamarine opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Medium Aquamarine keeps this Nordic scheme quiet — cool greys and a soft white around it, a muted-blue support and a charcoal anchor.
This palette keeps Medium Aquamarine as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Medium Aquamarine leads this botanical set among foliage greens and a terracotta accent, softened by cream and grounded in bark brown.
Medium Aquamarine is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Medium Aquamarine carrying the quiet middle.
How #4BDBAF actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #4BDBAF at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #4BDBAF;
--color-base-rgb: 75 219 175;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(80.3% 0.138 168.8);
--color-50: #F2FDFA;
--color-100: #DCF9F0;
--color-200: #BBF1E1;
--color-300: #8CE3C9;
--color-400: #62D0AF;
--color-500: #3FB592;
--color-600: #378B72;
--color-700: #2C6252;
--color-800: #204137;
--color-900: #162822;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
medium-aquamarine: {
50: '#F2FDFA',
100: '#DCF9F0',
200: '#BBF1E1',
300: '#8CE3C9',
400: '#62D0AF',
500: '#3FB592',
600: '#378B72',
700: '#2C6252',
800: '#204137',
900: '#162822',
},
}
$base: #4BDBAF; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FDFA; $base-100: #DCF9F0; $base-200: #BBF1E1; $base-300: #8CE3C9; $base-400: #62D0AF; $base-500: #3FB592; $base-600: #378B72; $base-700: #2C6252; $base-800: #204137; $base-900: #162822; $base-hover: #27C696; $base-subtle: #CFEFE5;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#4BDBAF",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDFA",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DCF9F0",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BBF1E1",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8CE3C9",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#62D0AF",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#3FB592",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#378B72",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2C6252",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#204137",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162822",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}