#4BCAD9#4BCAD9

#4BCAD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.111 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCAD9
RGB	rgb(75, 202, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 6.9%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.29, -29.93, -17.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.29, 34.79, 210.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.55% -0.0999 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(77.55% 0.111 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5412, 48.7426, 73.1147)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCAD9 #D95A4B

analogous

#4BD9A1 #4BCAD9 #4B83D9

triadic

#4BCAD9 #D94BCA #CAD94B

tetradic

#4BCAD9 #A14BD9 #D95A4B #83D94B

square

#4BCAD9 #A14BD9 #D95A4B #83D94B

split-complementary

#4BCAD9 #D94B83 #D9A14B

monochromatic

#1E808C #28AFBF #4BCAD9 #7ED9E4 #B0E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#4BCAD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#4BCAD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCAD9

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCAD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCAD9	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC2DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B3D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcad9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 202, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.111 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edae4',
    500: '#4bcad9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcad9;
$custom-light: #8edae4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcad9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.338,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77547,
    "c": 0.11137,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCAD9

secondary

#DDA9A3

accent

#5140E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCAD9

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

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