#4BB5C8#4BB5C8

#4BB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.100 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5C8
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -24.55, -18.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 30.86, 217.28°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.0852 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.1 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8465, 38.7106, 60.5313)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5C8 #C85E4B

analogous

#4BC89D #4BB5C8 #4B77C8

triadic

#4BB5C8 #C84BB5 #B5C84B

tetradic

#4BB5C8 #9D4BC8 #C85E4B #77C84B

square

#4BB5C8 #9D4BC8 #C85E4B #77C84B

split-complementary

#4BB5C8 #C84B77 #C89D4B

monochromatic

#246975 #3292A4 #4BB5C8 #7AC8D6 #A9DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4BB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5C8

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5C8	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.100 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd8',
    500: '#4bb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5c8;
$custom-light: #8bcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71923,
    "c": 0.09974,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5C8

secondary

#D2A59D

accent

#614BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5C8

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

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