#4BCAD8#4BCAD8

#4BCAD8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCAD8
RGB	rgb(75, 202, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, -30.22, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 34.79, 209.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.51% -0.1003 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(77.51% 0.111 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4115, 48.6908, 72.4317)
Luminance	0.4869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCAD8 #D8594B

analogous

#4BD89F #4BCAD8 #4B84D8

triadic

#4BCAD8 #D84BCA #CAD84B

tetradic

#4BCAD8 #9F4BD8 #D8594B #84D84B

square

#4BCAD8 #9F4BD8 #D8594B #84D84B

split-complementary

#4BCAD8 #D84B84 #D89F4B

monochromatic

#1E808B #29AEBD #4BCAD8 #7DD9E3 #B0E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BCAD8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#4BCAD8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCAD8

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCAD8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCAD8	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcad8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 202, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edae4',
    500: '#4bcad8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcad8;
$custom-light: #8edae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcad8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.957,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7751,
    "c": 0.11114,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCAD8

secondary

#DCA8A3

accent

#5140E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCAD8

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

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