#4BC8DC#4BC8DC

#4BC8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.112 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC8DC
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 220)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 9.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -28.07, -20.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 34.52, 215.60°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.0967 -0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.112 210)
XYZ	xyz(36.4687, 47.9677, 75.0330)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC8DC #DC5F4B

analogous

#4BDCA8 #4BC8DC #4B7FDC

triadic

#4BC8DC #DC4BC8 #C8DC4B

tetradic

#4BC8DC #A84BDC #DC5F4B #7FDC4B

square

#4BC8DC #A84BDC #DC5F4B #7FDC4B

split-complementary

#4BC8DC #DC4B7F #DCA84B

monochromatic

#1C8091 #26AEC4 #4BC8DC #7ED8E6 #B1E7F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4BC8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#4BC8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8DC

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC8DC	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C1DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B1DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.112 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e6',
    500: '#4bc8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc8dc;
$custom-light: #8ed9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.276,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77188,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.47972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC8DC

secondary

#DEACA4

accent

#553DEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC8DC

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

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