#4BB8C8#4BB8C8

#4BB8C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.101 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8C8
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 200)
HSL	hsl(188, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 8%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -26.05, -17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 31.30, 213.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0883 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.101 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4631, 39.9437, 60.7369)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8C8 #C85B4B

analogous

#4BC89A #4BB8C8 #4B7AC8

triadic

#4BB8C8 #C84BB8 #B8C84B

tetradic

#4BB8C8 #9A4BC8 #C85B4B #7AC84B

square

#4BB8C8 #9A4BC8 #C85B4B #7AC84B

split-complementary

#4BB8C8 #C84B7A #C89A4B

monochromatic

#246A75 #3295A4 #4BB8C8 #7ACAD6 #A9DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4BB8C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#4BB8C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8C8

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8C8	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B1C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.101 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdd8',
    500: '#4bb8c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8c8;
$custom-light: #8bcdd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.68,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72638,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8C8

secondary

#D2A49D

accent

#5E4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8C8

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

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