#4BB9C9#4BB9C9

#4BB9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9C9
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 201)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(188, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -26.26, -17.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 31.50, 213.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.089 -0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.101 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7888, 40.4076, 61.4238)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9C9 #C95B4B

analogous

#4BC99A #4BB9C9 #4B7AC9

triadic

#4BB9C9 #C94BB9 #B9C94B

tetradic

#4BB9C9 #9A4BC9 #C95B4B #7AC94B

square

#4BB9C9 #9A4BC9 #C95B4B #7AC94B

split-complementary

#4BB9C9 #C94B7A #C99A4B

monochromatic

#236C76 #3297A5 #4BB9C9 #7ACBD7 #A9DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BB9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4BB9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9C9

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9C9	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A4C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced9',
    500: '#4bb9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9c9;
$custom-light: #8bced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.619,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72914,
    "c": 0.10122,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9C9

secondary

#D3A49D

accent

#5D4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9C9

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

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