#4BC9B0#4BC9B0

#4BC9B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.117 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9B0
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 176)
HSL	hsl(168, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 12.4%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -40.63, 2.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 40.69, 176.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.1166 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.117 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6211, 46.4004, 48.3556)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9B0 #C94B64

analogous

#4BC971 #4BC9B0 #4BA3C9

triadic

#4BC9B0 #B04BC9 #C9B04B

tetradic

#4BC9B0 #714BC9 #C94B64 #A3C94B

square

#4BC9B0 #714BC9 #C94B64 #A3C94B

split-complementary

#4BC9B0 #C94BA3 #C9714B

monochromatic

#237666 #32A58E #4BC9B0 #7AD7C5 #A9E5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4BC9B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#4BC9B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9B0

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9B0	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2BDAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFB0B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.117 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdac7',
    500: '#4bc9b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9b0;
$custom-light: #8bdac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.095,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9B0

secondary

#D39DA8

accent

#4B68DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9B0

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

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