#4BBCC9#4BBCC9

#4BBCC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.102 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBCC9
RGB	rgb(75, 188, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, -27.75, -16.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 32.06, 210.05°)
OKLab	oklab(73.63% -0.0921 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(73.63% 0.102 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4230, 41.6760, 61.6352)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBCC9 #C9584B

analogous

#4BC997 #4BBCC9 #4B7DC9

triadic

#4BBCC9 #C94BBC #BCC94B

tetradic

#4BBCC9 #974BC9 #C9584B #7DC94B

square

#4BBCC9 #974BC9 #C9584B #7DC94B

split-complementary

#4BBCC9 #C94B7D #C9974B

monochromatic

#236E76 #3299A5 #4BBCC9 #7ACED7 #A9DFE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#4BBCC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#4BBCC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBCC9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBCC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBCC9	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA7C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.102 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0d9',
    500: '#4bbcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbcc9;
$custom-light: #8bd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.19,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73629,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBCC9

secondary

#D3A39D

accent

#5A4BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBCC9

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

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