#4BB5C9#4BB5C9

#4BB5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB5C9
RGB	rgb(75, 181, 201)
HSL	hsl(190, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -24.25, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 30.93, 218.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0848 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.1 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9638, 38.7575, 61.1488)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB5C9 #C95F4B

analogous

#4BC99E #4BB5C9 #4B76C9

triadic

#4BB5C9 #C94BB5 #B5C94B

tetradic

#4BB5C9 #9E4BC9 #C95F4B #76C94B

square

#4BB5C9 #9E4BC9 #C95F4B #76C94B

split-complementary

#4BB5C9 #C94B76 #C99E4B

monochromatic

#236976 #3293A5 #4BB5C9 #7AC8D7 #A9DCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4BB5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4BB5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB5C9

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB5C9	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AFCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 181, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd9',
    500: '#4bb5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb5c9;
$custom-light: #8bcbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71962,
    "c": 0.10014,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB5C9

secondary

#D3A69D

accent

#624BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB5C9

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

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