#4BC9BD#4BC9BD

#4BC9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.111 H 186.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9BD
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 189)
HSL	hsl(174, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.15, -37.27, -4.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.15, 37.52, 186.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% -0.1108 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.111 186.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9694, 46.9397, 55.4570)
Luminance	0.4694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9BD #C94B57

analogous

#4BC97E #4BC9BD #4B96C9

triadic

#4BC9BD #BD4BC9 #C9BD4B

tetradic

#4BC9BD #7E4BC9 #C94B57 #96C94B

square

#4BC9BD #7E4BC9 #C94B57 #96C94B

split-complementary

#4BC9BD #C94B96 #C97E4B

monochromatic

#23766E #32A59A #4BC9BD #7AD7CE #A9E5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#4BC9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.39

#4BC9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9BD

10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9BD	1.00	2.02	10.39	10.39
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFBEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACB0BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CDC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.111 186.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdad0',
    500: '#4bc9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9bd;
$custom-light: #8cdad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.286,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76344,
    "c": 0.11148,
    "h": 186.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9BD

secondary

#D39DA2

accent

#4B59DD

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FBF9

border

#CBD4D2

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9BD

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

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