#4BB9C5#4BB9C5

#4BB9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9C5
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 197)
HSL	hsl(186, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(186, 62%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.9%, 6.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -27.43, -15.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 31.45, 209.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.0906 -0.0427)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.1 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3244, 40.2218, 58.9779)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9C5 #C5574B

analogous

#4BC594 #4BB9C5 #4B7CC5

triadic

#4BB9C5 #C54BB9 #B9C54B

tetradic

#4BB9C5 #944BC5 #C5574B #7CC54B

square

#4BB9C5 #944BC5 #C5574B #7CC54B

split-complementary

#4BB9C5 #C54B7C #C5944B

monochromatic

#246A71 #33959F #4BB9C5 #79CBD4 #A8DDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4BB9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9C5

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9C5	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB2C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced6',
    500: '#4bb9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9c5;
$custom-light: #8bced6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.902,
    "s": 51.261,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72764,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9C5

secondary

#D0A19C

accent

#5B4DDB

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9C5

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

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