#4BC5D9#4BC5D9

#4BC5D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.110 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC5D9
RGB	rgb(75, 197, 217)
HSL	hsl(188, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(188, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 9.2%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.83, -27.48, -19.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.83, 33.97, 215.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0949 -0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.11 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3870, 46.4342, 72.7299)
Luminance	0.4644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC5D9 #D95F4B

analogous

#4BD9A6 #4BC5D9 #4B7ED9

triadic

#4BC5D9 #D94BC5 #C5D94B

tetradic

#4BC5D9 #A64BD9 #D95F4B #7ED94B

square

#4BC5D9 #A64BD9 #D95F4B #7ED94B

split-complementary

#4BC5D9 #D94B7E #D9A64B

monochromatic

#1E7C8C #28A9BF #4BC5D9 #7ED5E4 #B0E6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4BC5D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#4BC5D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC5D9

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC5D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC5D9	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BEDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FAFD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CECB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc5d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 197, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.110 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed7e4',
    500: '#4bc5d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc5d9;
$custom-light: #8ed7e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc5d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.451,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76366,
    "c": 0.10986,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC5D9

secondary

#DDABA3

accent

#5740E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC5D9

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

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