#4BD5E2#4BD5E2

#4BD5E2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.117 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD5E2
RGB	rgb(75, 213, 226)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(185, 67%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.8%, 5.8%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.79, -32.60, -17.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.79, 36.90, 207.94°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.1072 -0.048)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.117 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4174, 54.5708, 80.3399)
Luminance	0.5457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD5E2 #E2584B

analogous

#4BE2A4 #4BD5E2 #4B89E2

triadic

#4BD5E2 #E24BD5 #D5E24B

tetradic

#4BD5E2 #A44BE2 #E2584B #89E24B

square

#4BD5E2 #A44BE2 #E2584B #89E24B

split-complementary

#4BD5E2 #E24B89 #E2A44B

monochromatic

#198F9A #21C0CF #4BD5E2 #80E1EA #B4EEF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#4BD5E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#4BD5E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD5E2

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD5E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD5E2	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CCE3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBCE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DDD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd5e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 213, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.117 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e2eb',
    500: '#4bd5e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd5e2;
$custom-light: #90e2eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd5e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.166,
    "s": 72.249,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8047,
    "c": 0.11747,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD5E2

secondary

#9E3D34

accent

#4939EF

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD5E2

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