#4BB5C2#4BB5C2

#4BB5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.098 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5C2
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(187, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.3%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -26.32, -15.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 30.64, 210.80°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0877 -0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.098 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1590, 38.4356, 56.9106)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5C2 #C2584B

analogous

#4BC294 #4BB5C2 #4B79C2

triadic

#4BB5C2 #C24BB5 #B5C24B

tetradic

#4BB5C2 #944BC2 #C2584B #79C24B

square

#4BB5C2 #944BC2 #C2584B #79C24B

split-complementary

#4BB5C2 #C24B79 #C2944B

monochromatic

#25666D #35909B #4BB5C2 #79C8D1 #A6DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4BB5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4BB5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5C2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5C2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.098 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd4',
    500: '#4bb5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5c2;
$custom-light: #8acbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.555,
    "s": 49.378,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71695,
    "c": 0.09785,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5C2

secondary

#CEA09B

accent

#5E4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5C2

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

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