#4BC9BA#4BC9BA

#4BC9BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9BA
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 186)
HSL	hsl(173, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(173, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 7.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -38.06, -2.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 38.16, 184.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.1121 -0.0081)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.112 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6472, 46.8108, 53.7597)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9BA #C94B5A

analogous

#4BC97B #4BC9BA #4B99C9

triadic

#4BC9BA #BA4BC9 #C9BA4B

tetradic

#4BC9BA #7B4BC9 #C94B5A #99C94B

square

#4BC9BA #7B4BC9 #C94B5A #99C94B

split-complementary

#4BC9BA #C94B99 #C97B4B

monochromatic

#23766C #32A597 #4BC9BA #7AD7CC #A9E5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#4BC9BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#4BC9BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9BA

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9BA	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BEBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADB0BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bdace',
    500: '#4bc9ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9ba;
$custom-light: #8bdace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.857,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7625,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9BA

secondary

#D39DA3

accent

#4B5CDD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1513

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9BA

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

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