#4BC5D8#4BC5D8

#4BC5D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.110 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5D8
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 216)
HSL	hsl(188, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 8.8%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.79, -27.78, -19.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.79, 33.92, 215.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% -0.0953 -0.054)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.11 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2573, 46.3824, 72.0470)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5D8 #D85E4B

analogous

#4BD8A5 #4BC5D8 #4B7FD8

triadic

#4BC5D8 #D84BC5 #C5D84B

tetradic

#4BC5D8 #A54BD8 #D85E4B #7FD84B

square

#4BC5D8 #A54BD8 #D85E4B #7FD84B

split-complementary

#4BC5D8 #D84B7F #D8A54B

monochromatic

#1E7C8B #29A9BD #4BC5D8 #7DD5E3 #B0E5EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4BC5D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#4BC5D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5D8

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5D8	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BED9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0AFD8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.110 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd7e4',
    500: '#4bc5d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5d8;
$custom-light: #8dd7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.085,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76328,
    "c": 0.10952,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5D8

secondary

#DCAAA3

accent

#5740E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5D8

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

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