#4BB8CC#4BB8CC

#4BB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 211.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8CC
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -24.87, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 31.50, 217.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.79% -0.0867 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(72.79% 0.102 211.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.9367, 40.1332, 63.2311)
Luminance	0.4014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8CC #CC5F4B

analogous

#4BCC9F #4BB8CC #4B78CC

triadic

#4BB8CC #CC4BB8 #B8CC4B

tetradic

#4BB8CC #9F4BCC #CC5F4B #78CC4B

square

#4BB8CC #9F4BCC #CC5F4B #78CC4B

split-complementary

#4BB8CC #CC4B78 #CC9F4B

monochromatic

#236C7A #3097AA #4BB8CC #7BCBDA #AADEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4BB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8CC

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8CC	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 211.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddb',
    500: '#4bb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8cc;
$custom-light: #8bcddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72791,
    "c": 0.102,
    "h": 211.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8CC

secondary

#D5A79E

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8CC

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

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