#4BB5C4#4BB5C4

#4BB5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 208.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5C4
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 196)
HSL	hsl(187, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -25.73, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 30.67, 212.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.77% -0.0868 -0.0463)
OKLCH	oklch(71.77% 0.098 208)
XYZ	xyz(29.3852, 38.5260, 58.1015)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5C4 #C45A4B

analogous

#4BC496 #4BB5C4 #4B78C4

triadic

#4BB5C4 #C44BB5 #B5C44B

tetradic

#4BB5C4 #964BC4 #C45A4B #78C44B

square

#4BB5C4 #964BC4 #C45A4B #78C44B

split-complementary

#4BB5C4 #C44B78 #C4964B

monochromatic

#256770 #34919E #4BB5C4 #79C8D3 #A7DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4BB5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5C4

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5C4	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 208.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd5',
    500: '#4bb5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5c4;
$custom-light: #8acbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.438,
    "s": 50.628,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7177,
    "c": 0.09838,
    "h": 208
  },
  "luminance": 0.38529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5C4

secondary

#CFA29B

accent

#5F4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5C4

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

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