#4BB5C0#4BB5C0

#4BB5C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.097 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5C0
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 192)
HSL	hsl(186, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -26.90, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 30.64, 208.64°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0885 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.097 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9359, 38.3464, 55.7356)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5C0 #C0564B

analogous

#4BC091 #4BB5C0 #4B7BC0

triadic

#4BB5C0 #C04BB5 #B5C04B

tetradic

#4BB5C0 #914BC0 #C0564B #7BC04B

square

#4BB5C0 #914BC0 #C0564B #7BC04B

split-complementary

#4BB5C0 #C04B7B #C0914B

monochromatic

#25656B #358F98 #4BB5C0 #78C8D0 #A6DAE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4BB5C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4BB5C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5C0

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5C0	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.097 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd3',
    500: '#4bb5c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5c0;
$custom-light: #8acbd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.641,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71621,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5C0

secondary

#CD9F9A

accent

#5D50D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5C0

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

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