#4BCDE0#4BCDE0

#4BCDE0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.114 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCDE0
RGB	rgb(75, 205, 224)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(188, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 8.5%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, -29.33, -19.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 35.41, 214.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.52% -0.1001 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(78.52% 0.114 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.1818, 50.5360, 78.2487)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCDE0 #E05E4B

analogous

#4BE0A8 #4BCDE0 #4B82E0

triadic

#4BCDE0 #E04BCD #CDE04B

tetradic

#4BCDE0 #A84BE0 #E05E4B #82E04B

square

#4BCDE0 #A84BE0 #E05E4B #82E04B

split-complementary

#4BCDE0 #E04B82 #E0A84B

monochromatic

#1A8797 #23B5CB #4BCDE0 #7FDCE9 #B3EAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#4BCDE0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#4BCDE0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCDE0

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCDE0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCDE0	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC6E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B6E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D6D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcde0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 205, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.114 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fdce9',
    500: '#4bcde0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcde0;
$custom-light: #8fdce9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcde0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.651,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78515,
    "c": 0.11426,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCDE0

secondary

#9B4134

accent

#513AED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCDE0

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

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