#4BD8DB#4BD8DB

#4BD8DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.118 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD8DB
RGB	rgb(75, 216, 219)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.45, -36.00, -12.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.45, 38.13, 199.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% -0.1131 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.118 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.2380, 55.7175, 75.6380)
Luminance	0.5572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD8DB #DB4E4B

analogous

#4BDB96 #4BD8DB #4B90DB

triadic

#4BD8DB #DB4BD8 #D8DB4B

tetradic

#4BD8DB #964BDB #DB4E4B #90DB4B

square

#4BD8DB #964BDB #DB4E4B #90DB4B

split-complementary

#4BD8DB #DB4B90 #DB964B

monochromatic

#1D8D8F #27BFC2 #4BD8DB #7EE3E5 #B1EEEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4BD8DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#4BD8DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD8DB

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD8DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD8DB	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACEDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd8db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 216, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.118 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4e6',
    500: '#4bd8db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd8db;
$custom-light: #90e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd8db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80931,
    "c": 0.11835,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD8DB

secondary

#943836

accent

#423EEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1515

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD8DB

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

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