#4BCAD5#4BCAD5

#4BCAD5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.111 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCAD5
RGB	rgb(75, 202, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -31.09, -15.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 34.86, 206.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.4% -0.1015 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(77.4% 0.111 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.0272, 48.5370, 70.4078)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCAD5 #D5564B

analogous

#4BD59B #4BCAD5 #4B85D5

triadic

#4BCAD5 #D54BCA #CAD54B

tetradic

#4BCAD5 #9B4BD5 #D5564B #85D54B

square

#4BCAD5 #9B4BD5 #D5564B #85D54B

split-complementary

#4BCAD5 #D54B85 #D59B4B

monochromatic

#1F7E86 #2BADB8 #4BCAD5 #7DD9E1 #AEE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BCAD5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4BCAD5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCAD5

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCAD5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCAD5	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC2D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B3D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcad5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 202, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.111 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edae1',
    500: '#4bcad5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcad5;
$custom-light: #8edae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcad5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.783,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.774,
    "c": 0.11057,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCAD5

secondary

#DAA6A2

accent

#5043E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCAD5

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

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