#4BB8CB#4BB8CB

#4BB8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 211.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8CB
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -25.17, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 31.44, 216.81°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.0871 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.102 211)
XYZ	xyz(30.8172, 40.0854, 62.6015)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8CB #CB5E4B

analogous

#4BCB9E #4BB8CB #4B78CB

triadic

#4BB8CB #CB4BB8 #B8CB4B

tetradic

#4BB8CB #9E4BCB #CB5E4B #78CB4B

square

#4BB8CB #9E4BCB #CB5E4B #78CB4B

split-complementary

#4BB8CB #CB4B78 #CB9E4B

monochromatic

#236C79 #3196A8 #4BB8CB #7ACBD9 #AADDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4BB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8CB

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8CB	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 211.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdda',
    500: '#4bb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8cb;
$custom-light: #8bcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.906,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72752,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 211
  },
  "luminance": 0.40089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8CB

secondary

#D4A69E

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8CB

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

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