#4BBCD0#4BBCD0

#4BBCD0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.104 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCD0
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 208)
HSL	hsl(189, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 9.6%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, -25.69, -19.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 32.27, 217.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.89% -0.0893 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(73.89% 0.104 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2653, 42.0129, 66.0711)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCD0 #D05F4B

analogous

#4BD0A2 #4BBCD0 #4B79D0

triadic

#4BBCD0 #D04BBC #BCD04B

tetradic

#4BBCD0 #A24BD0 #D05F4B #79D04B

square

#4BBCD0 #A24BD0 #D05F4B #79D04B

split-complementary

#4BBCD0 #D04B79 #D0A24B

monochromatic

#21717F #2E9CB0 #4BBCD0 #7CCEDD #ACE0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4BBCD0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#4BBCD0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCD0

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCD0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCD0	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB6D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A7D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcd0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.104 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0de',
    500: '#4bbcd0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcd0;
$custom-light: #8cd0de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcd0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.023,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73894,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCD0

secondary

#D7A8A0

accent

#5D46E2

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCD0

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

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