#4BBDCD#4BBDCD

#4BBDCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.104 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDCD
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 205)
HSL	hsl(187, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.07, -27.07, -17.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.07, 32.29, 213.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.0915 -0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.104 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1141, 42.2954, 64.2171)
Luminance	0.4230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDCD #CD5B4B

analogous

#4BCD9C #4BBDCD #4B7CCD

triadic

#4BBDCD #CD4BBD #BDCD4B

tetradic

#4BBDCD #9C4BCD #CD5B4B #7CCD4B

square

#4BBDCD #9C4BCD #CD5B4B #7CCD4B

split-complementary

#4BBDCD #CD4B7C #CD9C4B

monochromatic

#22707B #309CAB #4BBDCD #7BCFDA #ABE0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4BBDCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.46

#4BBDCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDCD

9.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDCD	1.00	2.22	9.46	9.46
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB6CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA8CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.104 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd1dc',
    500: '#4bbdcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdcd;
$custom-light: #8cd1dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.385,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74017,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDCD

secondary

#D5A59F

accent

#5B48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDCD

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

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