#4BC9B3#4BC9B3

#4BC9B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.115 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9B3
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 179)
HSL	hsl(170, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(170, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -39.87, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 39.88, 178.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.1153 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.115 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9212, 46.5204, 49.9361)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9B3 #C94B61

analogous

#4BC974 #4BC9B3 #4BA0C9

triadic

#4BC9B3 #B34BC9 #C9B34B

tetradic

#4BC9B3 #744BC9 #C94B61 #A0C94B

square

#4BC9B3 #744BC9 #C94B61 #A0C94B

split-complementary

#4BC9B3 #C94BA0 #C9744B

monochromatic

#237668 #32A591 #4BC9B3 #7AD7C7 #A9E5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#4BC9B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#4BC9B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9B3

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9B3	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1BEB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEB0B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CCC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.115 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdac9',
    500: '#4bc9b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9b3;
$custom-light: #8bdac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.524,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76036,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9B3

secondary

#D39DA6

accent

#4B64DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF8

border

#CBD4D1

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9B3

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

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