#4BCBD9#4BCBD9

#4BCBD9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.112 H 205.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCBD9
RGB	rgb(75, 203, 217)
HSL	hsl(186, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 6.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.58, -30.41, -17.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.58, 34.99, 209.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.1009 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.112 205.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.7766, 49.2134, 73.1931)
Luminance	0.4922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCBD9 #D9594B

analogous

#4BD9A0 #4BCBD9 #4B84D9

triadic

#4BCBD9 #D94BCB #CBD94B

tetradic

#4BCBD9 #A04BD9 #D9594B #84D94B

square

#4BCBD9 #A04BD9 #D9594B #84D94B

split-complementary

#4BCBD9 #D94B84 #D9A04B

monochromatic

#1E818C #28B0BF #4BCBD9 #7EDAE4 #B0E8EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#4BCBD9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.84

#4BCBD9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCBD9

10.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCBD9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCBD9	1.00	1.94	10.84	10.84
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC3DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B4D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcbd9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 203, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.112 205.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8edbe4',
    500: '#4bcbd9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcbd9;
$custom-light: #8edbe4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcbd9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.915,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77783,
    "c": 0.11174,
    "h": 205.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCBD9

secondary

#DDA9A3

accent

#5040E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FBFB

border

#CCD4D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCBD9

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

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