#4BCBCD#4BCBCD

#4BCBCD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.111 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCBCD
RGB	rgb(75, 203, 205)
HSL	hsl(181, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 1%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -33.83, -11.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 35.70, 198.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.1059 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.111 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.2722, 48.6116, 65.2698)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCBCD #CD4D4B

analogous

#4BCD8E #4BCBCD #4B8ACD

triadic

#4BCBCD #CD4BCB #CBCD4B

tetradic

#4BCBCD #8E4BCD #CD4D4B #8ACD4B

square

#4BCBCD #8E4BCD #CD4D4B #8ACD4B

split-complementary

#4BCBCD #CD4B8A #CD8E4B

monochromatic

#227A7B #30A9AB #4BCBCD #7BD9DA #ABE7E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BCBCD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#4BCBCD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCBCD

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCBCD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCBCD	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEC2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB3CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcbcd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 203, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.111 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddbdc',
    500: '#4bcbcd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcbcd;
$custom-light: #8ddbdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcbcd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77356,
    "c": 0.11053,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCBCD

secondary

#D59F9F

accent

#4A48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCBCD

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

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