#4BB9CD#4BB9CD

#4BB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9CD
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -25.08, -19.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 31.70, 217.70°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% -0.0874 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.103 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.2655, 40.5982, 63.9343)
Luminance	0.4060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9CD #CD5F4B

analogous

#4BCDA0 #4BB9CD #4B78CD

triadic

#4BB9CD #CD4BB9 #B9CD4B

tetradic

#4BB9CD #A04BCD #CD5F4B #78CD4B

square

#4BB9CD #A04BCD #CD5F4B #78CD4B

split-complementary

#4BB9CD #CD4B78 #CDA04B

monochromatic

#226E7B #3098AB #4BB9CD #7BCCDA #ABDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4BB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4BB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9CD

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9CD	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedc',
    500: '#4bb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9cd;
$custom-light: #8bcedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73067,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9CD

secondary

#D5A79F

accent

#5F48E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9CD

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

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