#4BC1CE#4BC1CE

#4BC1CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.105 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC1CE
RGB	rgb(75, 193, 206)
HSL	hsl(186, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(186, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -28.75, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 33.05, 209.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0952 -0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.105 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1075, 44.0884, 65.1457)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC1CE #CE584B

analogous

#4BCE99 #4BC1CE #4B80CE

triadic

#4BC1CE #CE4BC1 #C1CE4B

tetradic

#4BC1CE #994BCE #CE584B #80CE4B

square

#4BC1CE #994BCE #CE584B #80CE4B

split-complementary

#4BC1CE #CE4B80 #CE994B

monochromatic

#22747D #2FA0AD #4BC1CE #7BD2DB #ABE2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4BC1CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#4BC1CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC1CE

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC1CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC1CE	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2BACF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EABCE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc1ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 193, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.105 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd4dd',
    500: '#4bc1ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc1ce;
$custom-light: #8cd4dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc1ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.954,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75006,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC1CE

secondary

#D6A49F

accent

#5747E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC1CE

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

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