#4BB9CE#4BB9CE

#4BB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BB9CE
RGB	rgb(75, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, -24.78, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 31.77, 218.74°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.087 -0.0552)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.103 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3866, 40.6467, 64.5720)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BB9CE #CE604B

analogous

#4BCEA1 #4BB9CE #4B78CE

triadic

#4BB9CE #CE4BB9 #B9CE4B

tetradic

#4BB9CE #A14BCE #CE604B #78CE4B

square

#4BB9CE #A14BCE #CE604B #78CE4B

split-complementary

#4BB9CE #CE4B78 #CEA14B

monochromatic

#226E7D #2F99AD #4BB9CE #7BCCDB #ABDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4BB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4BB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BB9CE

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BB9CE	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcedd',
    500: '#4bb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bb9ce;
$custom-light: #8bcedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.618,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73106,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BB9CE

secondary

#D6A89F

accent

#6047E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BB9CE

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

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