#4BB9C1#4BB9C1

#4BB9C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9C1
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 193)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.50, -28.58, -13.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.50, 31.56, 205.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.62% -0.0923 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.62% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8722, 40.0409, 56.5961)
Luminance	0.4004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9C1 #C1534B

analogous

#4BC18E #4BB9C1 #4B7EC1

triadic

#4BB9C1 #C14BB9 #B9C14B

tetradic

#4BB9C1 #8E4BC1 #C1534B #7EC14B

square

#4BB9C1 #8E4BC1 #C1534B #7EC14B

split-complementary

#4BB9C1 #C14B7E #C18E4B

monochromatic

#25676C #35939A #4BB9C1 #79CBD1 #A6DCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4BB9C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4BB9C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9C1

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9C1	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced3',
    500: '#4bb9c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9c1;
$custom-light: #8aced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.068,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72618,
    "c": 0.09948,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9C1

secondary

#CE9E9A

accent

#594FD8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9C1

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

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