#4BC1A9#4BC1A9

#4BC1A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.112 H 177.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC1A9
RGB	rgb(75, 193, 169)
HSL	hsl(168, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 0%, 12.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, -38.81, 2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 38.87, 176.63°)
OKLab	oklab(73.78% -0.1114 0.0055)
OKLCH	oklch(73.78% 0.112 177.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1297, 42.4973, 44.1961)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC1A9 #C14B63

analogous

#4BC16E #4BC1A9 #4B9EC1

triadic

#4BC1A9 #A94BC1 #C1A94B

tetradic

#4BC1A9 #6E4BC1 #C14B63 #9EC14B

square

#4BC1A9 #6E4BC1 #C14B63 #9EC14B

split-complementary

#4BC1A9 #C14B9E #C16E4B

monochromatic

#256C5E #359A85 #4BC1A9 #79D1BF #A6E0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4BC1A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#4BC1A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC1A9

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC1A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC1A9	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A9AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc1a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 193, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.112 177.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad4c2',
    500: '#4bc1a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc1a9;
$custom-light: #8ad4c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc1a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 48.76,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73779,
    "c": 0.11153,
    "h": 177.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC1A9

secondary

#CE9AA5

accent

#4F6BD8

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC1A9

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

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