#4BB9CC#4BB9CC

#4BB9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.102 H 210.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9CC
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.2%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -25.37, -18.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 31.63, 216.66°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0878 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.102 210.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1452, 40.5501, 63.3006)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9CC #CC5E4B

analogous

#4BCC9E #4BB9CC #4B79CC

triadic

#4BB9CC #CC4BB9 #B9CC4B

tetradic

#4BB9CC #9E4BCC #CC5E4B #79CC4B

square

#4BB9CC #9E4BCC #CC5E4B #79CC4B

split-complementary

#4BB9CC #CC4B79 #CC9E4B

monochromatic

#236D7A #3098AA #4BB9CC #7BCCDA #AADEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4BB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4BB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9CC

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9CC	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.102 210.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedb',
    500: '#4bb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9cc;
$custom-light: #8bcedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.837,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73028,
    "c": 0.10223,
    "h": 210.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9CC

secondary

#D5A69E

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9CC

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

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