#4BD5E9#4BD5E9

#4BD5E9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.119 H 208.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD5E9
RGB	rgb(75, 213, 233)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 8.6%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -30.56, -20.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 36.90, 214.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.1044 -0.0575)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.119 208.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3976, 54.9628, 85.5021)
Luminance	0.5497 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD5E9 #E95F4B

analogous

#4BE9AE #4BD5E9 #4B86E9

triadic

#4BD5E9 #E94BD5 #D5E94B

tetradic

#4BD5E9 #AE4BE9 #E95F4B #86E94B

square

#4BD5E9 #AE4BE9 #E95F4B #86E94B

split-complementary

#4BD5E9 #E94B86 #E9AE4B

monochromatic

#1493A5 #1BC3DC #4BD5E9 #82E2F0 #B8EEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#4BD5E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#4BD5E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD5E9

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD5E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD5E9	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3CDEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACBCE9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DEDB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd5e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 213, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.119 208.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e2f0',
    500: '#4bd5e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd5e9;
$custom-light: #91e2f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd5e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.595,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80728,
    "c": 0.11919,
    "h": 208.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD5E9

secondary

#A74031

accent

#250BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD5E9

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