#4BD8DC#4BD8DC

#4BD8DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.118 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD8DC
RGB	rgb(75, 216, 220)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 1.8%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -35.72, -13.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 38.03, 200.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.97% -0.1127 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(80.97% 0.118 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3701, 55.7703, 76.3334)
Luminance	0.5577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD8DC #DC4F4B

analogous

#4BDC97 #4BD8DC #4B90DC

triadic

#4BD8DC #DC4BD8 #D8DC4B

tetradic

#4BD8DC #974BDC #DC4F4B #90DC4B

square

#4BD8DC #974BDC #DC4F4B #90DC4B

split-complementary

#4BD8DC #DC4B90 #DC974B

monochromatic

#1C8D91 #26BFC4 #4BD8DC #7EE3E6 #B1EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4BD8DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.16

#4BD8DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD8DC

12.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD8DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD8DC	1.00	1.73	12.16	12.16
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BEDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd8dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 216, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.118 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4e6',
    500: '#4bd8dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd8dc;
$custom-light: #90e4e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd8dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.655,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80966,
    "c": 0.11836,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.55775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD8DC

secondary

#963836

accent

#423DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD8DC

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

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