#4BB5C7#4BB5C7

#4BB5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5C7
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -24.85, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 30.79, 216.21°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0856 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.099 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7300, 38.6640, 59.9178)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5C7 #C75D4B

analogous

#4BC79B #4BB5C7 #4B77C7

triadic

#4BB5C7 #C74BB5 #B5C74B

tetradic

#4BB5C7 #9B4BC7 #C75D4B #77C74B

square

#4BB5C7 #9B4BC7 #C75D4B #77C74B

split-complementary

#4BB5C7 #C74B77 #C79B4B

monochromatic

#246874 #3292A2 #4BB5C7 #7AC8D6 #A8DBE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4BB5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5C7

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5C7	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd8',
    500: '#4bb5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5c7;
$custom-light: #8acbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71884,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5C7

secondary

#D1A49C

accent

#614CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5C7

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

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