#4BD8EC#4BD8EC

#4BD8EC is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.121 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD8EC
RGB	rgb(75, 216, 236)
HSL	hsl(187, 81%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(187, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.2%, 8.5%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.99, -31.12, -20.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.99, 37.45, 213.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.1061 -0.0579)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.121 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5914, 56.6589, 88.0322)
Luminance	0.5666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD8EC #EC5F4B

analogous

#4BECAF #4BD8EC #4B87EC

triadic

#4BD8EC #EC4BD8 #D8EC4B

tetradic

#4BD8EC #AF4BEC #EC5F4B #87EC4B

square

#4BD8EC #AF4BEC #EC5F4B #87EC4B

split-complementary

#4BD8EC #EC4B87 #ECAF4B

monochromatic

#1298AB #18C9E2 #4BD8EC #82E4F2 #BAF0F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4BD8EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#4BD8EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD8EC

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD8EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD8EC	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6D0ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd8ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 216, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.121 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4f2',
    500: '#4bd8ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd8ec;
$custom-light: #91e4f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd8ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.453,
    "s": 80.905,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD8EC

secondary

#AC3F30

accent

#2308DD

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1516

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD8EC

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

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