#4BBDC9#4BBDC9

#4BBDC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.103 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BBDC9
RGB	rgb(75, 189, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(186, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, -28.24, -15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 32.26, 208.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.87% -0.0932 -0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(73.87% 0.103 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6374, 42.1047, 61.7067)
Luminance	0.4211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BBDC9 #C9574B

analogous

#4BC996 #4BBDC9 #4B7EC9

triadic

#4BBDC9 #C94BBD #BDC94B

tetradic

#4BBDC9 #964BC9 #C9574B #7EC94B

square

#4BBDC9 #964BC9 #C9574B #7EC94B

split-complementary

#4BBDC9 #C94B7E #C9964B

monochromatic

#236E76 #329AA5 #4BBDC9 #7ACED7 #A9E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4BBDC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#4BBDC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BBDC9

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BBDC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BBDC9	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bbdc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 189, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.103 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1d9',
    500: '#4bbdc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bbdc9;
$custom-light: #8bd1d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bbdc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73868,
    "c": 0.10271,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BBDC9

secondary

#D3A29D

accent

#594BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BBDC9

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

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