#4BC8E0#4BC8E0

#4BC8E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.113 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC8E0
RGB	rgb(75, 200, 224)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 10.7%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -26.88, -22.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 34.77, 219.36°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0951 -0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.113 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0048, 48.1821, 77.8564)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC8E0 #E0634B

analogous

#4BE0AD #4BC8E0 #4B7DE0

triadic

#4BC8E0 #E04BC8 #C8E04B

tetradic

#4BC8E0 #AD4BE0 #E0634B #7DE04B

square

#4BC8E0 #AD4BE0 #E0634B #7DE04B

split-complementary

#4BC8E0 #E04B7D #E0AD4B

monochromatic

#1A8397 #23B0CB #4BC8E0 #7FD8E9 #B3E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC8E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#4BC8E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC8E0

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC8E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC8E0	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6C1E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0B2E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc8e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 200, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.113 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e9',
    500: '#4bc8e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc8e0;
$custom-light: #8fd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc8e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.664,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77341,
    "c": 0.11315,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC8E0

secondary

#E1AFA6

accent

#573AED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC8E0

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

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