#4BB9C8#4BB9C8

#4BB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9C8
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.73, -26.55, -16.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.73, 31.47, 212.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0894 -0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.101 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.6716, 40.3607, 60.8063)
Luminance	0.4036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9C8 #C85A4B

analogous

#4BC899 #4BB9C8 #4B7BC8

triadic

#4BB9C8 #C84BB9 #B9C84B

tetradic

#4BB9C8 #994BC8 #C85A4B #7BC84B

square

#4BB9C8 #994BC8 #C85A4B #7BC84B

split-complementary

#4BB9C8 #C84B7B #C8994B

monochromatic

#246B75 #3296A4 #4BB9C8 #7ACBD6 #A9DDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4BB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9C8

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9C8	1.00	2.31	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced8',
    500: '#4bb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9c8;
$custom-light: #8bced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 53.191,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72876,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9C8

secondary

#D2A39D

accent

#5D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9C8

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

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