#4BB8CA#4BB8CA

#4BB8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8CA
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -25.47, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 31.38, 215.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.0875 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.101 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6984, 40.0378, 61.9759)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8CA #CA5D4B

analogous

#4BCA9D #4BB8CA #4B79CA

triadic

#4BB8CA #CA4BB8 #B8CA4B

tetradic

#4BB8CA #9D4BCA #CA5D4B #79CA4B

square

#4BB8CA #9D4BCA #CA5D4B #79CA4B

split-complementary

#4BB8CA #CA4B79 #CA9D4B

monochromatic

#236B77 #3196A7 #4BB8CA #7ACBD8 #AADDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4BB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8CA

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8CA	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdda',
    500: '#4bb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8ca;
$custom-light: #8bcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.504,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8CA

secondary

#D3A59D

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8CA

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

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