#4BB5C5#4BB5C5

#4BB5C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 208.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5C5
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 197)
HSL	hsl(188, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 8.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -25.44, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 30.70, 214.05°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0864 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.099 208.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4994, 38.5717, 58.7029)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5C5 #C55B4B

analogous

#4BC598 #4BB5C5 #4B78C5

triadic

#4BB5C5 #C54BB5 #B5C54B

tetradic

#4BB5C5 #984BC5 #C55B4B #78C54B

square

#4BB5C5 #984BC5 #C55B4B #78C54B

split-complementary

#4BB5C5 #C54B78 #C5984B

monochromatic

#246771 #33919F #4BB5C5 #79C8D4 #A8DBE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4BB5C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4BB5C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5C5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5C5	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)

#A6AFC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 208.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd6',
    500: '#4bb5c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5c5;
$custom-light: #8acbd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.869,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71808,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 208.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5C5

secondary

#D0A39C

accent

#604DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5C5

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

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