#4BD8E1#4BD8E1

#4BD8E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.119 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD8E1
RGB	rgb(75, 216, 225)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(184, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 4%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.64, -34.30, -15.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.64, 37.64, 204.30°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.1106 -0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.119 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0422, 56.0392, 79.8732)
Luminance	0.5604 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD8E1 #E1544B

analogous

#4BE19F #4BD8E1 #4B8DE1

triadic

#4BD8E1 #E14BD8 #D8E14B

tetradic

#4BD8E1 #9F4BE1 #E1544B #8DE14B

square

#4BD8E1 #9F4BE1 #E1544B #8DE14B

split-complementary

#4BD8E1 #E14B8D #E19F4B

monochromatic

#199198 #22C2CD #4BD8E1 #7FE3EA #B4EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#4BD8E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#4BD8E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD8E1

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD8E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD8E1	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8CFE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2BEE2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd8e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 216, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.119 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e4ea',
    500: '#4bd8e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd8e1;
$custom-light: #90e4ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd8e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81141,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD8E1

secondary

#9C3A34

accent

#443AEE

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFD

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD8E1

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