#4BCDE5#4BCDE5

#4BCDE5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.508; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.116 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BCDE5
RGB	rgb(75, 205, 229)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(189, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.2%, 10.5%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.56, -27.85, -22.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.56, 35.66, 218.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0981 -0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.116 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.8699, 50.8113, 81.8726)
Luminance	0.5082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BCDE5 #E5634B

analogous

#4BE5B0 #4BCDE5 #4B80E5

triadic

#4BCDE5 #E54BCD #CDE54B

tetradic

#4BCDE5 #B04BE5 #E5634B #80E54B

square

#4BCDE5 #B04BE5 #E5634B #80E54B

split-complementary

#4BCDE5 #E54B80 #E5B04B

monochromatic

#178A9F #1FB8D4 #4BCDE5 #80DCED #B6EBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#4BCDE5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.16

#4BCDE5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BCDE5

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BCDE5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BCDE5	1.00	1.88	11.16	11.16
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC6E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B6E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7D4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bcde5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 205, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.116 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90dced',
    500: '#4bcde5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bcde5;
$custom-light: #90dced;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bcde5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.351,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78705,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BCDE5

secondary

#A24433

accent

#5436F1

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BCDE5

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

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