#4BC5CB#4BC5CB

#4BC5CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.107 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5CB
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 203)
HSL	hsl(183, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 3%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.37, -31.55, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.37, 34.13, 202.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.1006 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.107 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.6427, 45.7365, 63.5433)
Luminance	0.4574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5CB #CB514B

analogous

#4BCB91 #4BC5CB #4B85CB

triadic

#4BC5CB #CB4BC5 #C5CB4B

tetradic

#4BC5CB #914BCB #CB514B #85CB4B

square

#4BC5CB #914BCB #CB514B #85CB4B

split-complementary

#4BC5CB #CB4B85 #CB914B

monochromatic

#237579 #31A3A8 #4BC5CB #7AD4D9 #AAE4E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#4BC5CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.15

#4BC5CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5CB

10.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5CB	1.00	2.07	10.15	10.15
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7BDCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.107 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7da',
    500: '#4bc5cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5cb;
$custom-light: #8cd7da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.813,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75852,
    "c": 0.10691,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5CB

secondary

#D4A09E

accent

#5049DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5CB

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

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