#4BC9B9#4BC9B9

#4BC9B9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.113 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9B9
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 185)
HSL	hsl(172, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(172, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.04, -38.32, -2.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.04, 38.39, 183.41°)
OKLab	oklab(76.22% -0.1126 -0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(76.22% 0.113 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.5412, 46.7684, 53.2018)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9B9 #C94B5B

analogous

#4BC97A #4BC9B9 #4B9AC9

triadic

#4BC9B9 #B94BC9 #C9B94B

tetradic

#4BC9B9 #7A4BC9 #C94B5B #9AC94B

square

#4BC9B9 #7A4BC9 #C94B5B #9AC94B

split-complementary

#4BC9B9 #C94B9A #C97A4B

monochromatic

#23766C #32A597 #4BC9B9 #7AD7CB #A9E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4BC9B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#4BC9B9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9B9

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9B9	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.113 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdace',
    500: '#4bc9b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9b9;
$custom-light: #8bdace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.381,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76219,
    "c": 0.11279,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9B9

secondary

#D39DA4

accent

#4B5DDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9B9

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

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