#4BD8DD#4BD8DD

#4BD8DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.118 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD8DD
RGB	rgb(75, 216, 221)
HSL	hsl(182, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 2.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.51, -35.44, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.51, 37.93, 200.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81% -0.1123 -0.0375)
OKLCH	oklch(81% 0.118 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5029, 55.8235, 77.0330)
Luminance	0.5583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD8DD #DD504B

analogous

#4BDD99 #4BD8DD #4B8FDD

triadic

#4BD8DD #DD4BD8 #D8DD4B

tetradic

#4BD8DD #994BDD #DD504B #8FDD4B

square

#4BD8DD #994BDD #DD504B #8FDD4B

split-complementary

#4BD8DD #DD4B8F #DD994B

monochromatic

#1C8E92 #25C0C5 #4BD8DD #7EE3E7 #B2EEF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#4BD8DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#4BD8DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD8DD

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD8DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD8DD	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9CEDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BEDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFD9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd8dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 216, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.118 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4e7',
    500: '#4bd8dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd8dd;
$custom-light: #90e4e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd8dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.055,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81,
    "c": 0.11838,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD8DD

secondary

#973935

accent

#433DEB

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD8DD

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

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