#4BC8D9#4BC8D9

#4BC8D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.111 H 207.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC8D9
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -28.96, -18.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 34.43, 212.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% -0.0979 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.111 207.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0750, 47.8102, 72.9592)
Luminance	0.4781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC8D9 #D95C4B

analogous

#4BD9A3 #4BC8D9 #4B81D9

triadic

#4BC8D9 #D94BC8 #C8D94B

tetradic

#4BC8D9 #A34BD9 #D95C4B #81D94B

square

#4BC8D9 #A34BD9 #D95C4B #81D94B

split-complementary

#4BC8D9 #D94B81 #D9A34B

monochromatic

#1E7F8C #28ADBF #4BC8D9 #7ED7E4 #B0E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4BC8D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#4BC8D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8D9

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC8D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC8D9	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B1D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc8d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.111 207.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e4',
    500: '#4bc8d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc8d9;
$custom-light: #8ed9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc8d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.183,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.11071,
    "h": 207.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC8D9

secondary

#DDAAA3

accent

#5440E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC8D9

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

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