#4BB1C5#4BB1C5

#4BB1C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.098 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB1C5
RGB	rgb(75, 177, 197)
HSL	hsl(190, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -23.42, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 30.15, 219.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0822 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.098 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.6977, 36.9684, 58.4357)
Luminance	0.3697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB1C5 #C55F4B

analogous

#4BC59C #4BB1C5 #4B74C5

triadic

#4BB1C5 #C54BB1 #B1C54B

tetradic

#4BB1C5 #9C4BC5 #C55F4B #74C54B

square

#4BB1C5 #9C4BC5 #C55F4B #74C54B

split-complementary

#4BB1C5 #C54B74 #C59C4B

monochromatic

#246571 #338E9F #4BB1C5 #79C5D4 #A8D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4BB1C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#4BB1C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB1C5

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB1C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB1C5	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2ABC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#909EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb1c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 177, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.098 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8d6',
    500: '#4bb1c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb1c5;
$custom-light: #8ac8d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb1c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70854,
    "c": 0.09764,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36971
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB1C5

secondary

#D0A49C

accent

#644DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB1C5

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

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