#4BB8CD#4BB8CD

#4BB8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.102 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB8CD
RGB	rgb(75, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.60, -24.57, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.60, 31.58, 218.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.0863 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.102 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0570, 40.1813, 63.8648)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB8CD #CD604B

analogous

#4BCDA1 #4BB8CD #4B77CD

triadic

#4BB8CD #CD4BB8 #B8CD4B

tetradic

#4BB8CD #A14BCD #CD604B #77CD4B

square

#4BB8CD #A14BCD #CD604B #77CD4B

split-complementary

#4BB8CD #CD4B77 #CDA14B

monochromatic

#226D7B #3097AB #4BB8CD #7BCBDA #ABDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4BB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB8CD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB8CD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.102 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcddc',
    500: '#4bb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb8cd;
$custom-light: #8bcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.692,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7283,
    "c": 0.1024,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB8CD

secondary

#D5A79F

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB8CD

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

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