#4BB9C7#4BB9C7

#4BB9C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 206.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9C7
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 199)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 7%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -26.85, -16.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 31.46, 211.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.84% -0.0898 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(72.84% 0.101 206.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5551, 40.3141, 60.1929)
Luminance	0.4032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9C7 #C7594B

analogous

#4BC797 #4BB9C7 #4B7BC7

triadic

#4BB9C7 #C74BB9 #B9C74B

tetradic

#4BB9C7 #974BC7 #C7594B #7BC74B

square

#4BB9C7 #974BC7 #C7594B #7BC74B

split-complementary

#4BB9C7 #C74B7B #C7974B

monochromatic

#246B74 #3296A2 #4BB9C7 #7ACBD6 #A8DDE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4BB9C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4BB9C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9C7

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9C7	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A4C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 206.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced8',
    500: '#4bb9c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9c7;
$custom-light: #8bced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 52.542,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72839,
    "c": 0.10066,
    "h": 206.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9C7

secondary

#D1A29C

accent

#5C4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9C7

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

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