#4BB9C0#4BB9C0

#4BB9C0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9C0
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 192)
HSL	hsl(184, 48%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.9%, 3.6%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -28.87, -12.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 31.61, 204.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0927 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.099 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7610, 39.9964, 56.0106)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9C0 #C0524B

analogous

#4BC08D #4BB9C0 #4B7EC0

triadic

#4BB9C0 #C04BB9 #B9C04B

tetradic

#4BB9C0 #8D4BC0 #C0524B #7EC04B

square

#4BB9C0 #8D4BC0 #C0524B #7EC04B

split-complementary

#4BB9C0 #C04B7E #C08D4B

monochromatic

#25676B #359398 #4BB9C0 #78CBD0 #A6DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BB9C0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4BB9C0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9C0

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9C0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9C0	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced3',
    500: '#4bb9c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9c0;
$custom-light: #8aced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.59,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72582,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9C0

secondary

#CD9D9A

accent

#5850D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9C0

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

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