#4BD8EE#4BD8EE

#4BD8EE is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.122 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD8EE
RGB	rgb(75, 216, 238)
HSL	hsl(188, 83%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(188, 68%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.5%, 9.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.05, -30.53, -21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.05, 37.51, 215.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.62% -0.1054 -0.0606)
OKLCH	oklch(81.62% 0.122 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8835, 56.7757, 89.5711)
Luminance	0.5678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD8EE #EE614B

analogous

#4BEEB3 #4BD8EE #4B87EE

triadic

#4BD8EE #EE4BD8 #D8EE4B

tetradic

#4BD8EE #B34BEE #EE614B #87EE4B

square

#4BD8EE #B34BEE #EE614B #87EE4B

split-complementary

#4BD8EE #EE4B87 #EEB34B

monochromatic

#1099AE #16CAE6 #4BD8EE #83E4F3 #BBF0F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#4BD8EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#4BD8EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD8EE

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD8EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD8EE	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5D0EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBFEE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd8ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 216, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.122 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e4f3',
    500: '#4bd8ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd8ee;
$custom-light: #91e4f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd8ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.098,
    "s": 82.741,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81616,
    "c": 0.12153,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD8EE

secondary

#AF402F

accent

#2406DF

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1517

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD8EE

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

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