#4BC9C5#4BC9C5

#4BC9C5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.110 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9C5
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 197)
HSL	hsl(178, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(178, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.38, -35.11, -8.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.38, 36.08, 193.28°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.1073 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.11 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.8618, 47.2967, 60.1571)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9C5 #C94B4F

analogous

#4BC986 #4BC9C5 #4B8EC9

triadic

#4BC9C5 #C54BC9 #C9C54B

tetradic

#4BC9C5 #864BC9 #C94B4F #8EC94B

square

#4BC9C5 #864BC9 #C94B4F #8EC94B

split-complementary

#4BC9C5 #C94B8E #C9864B

monochromatic

#237674 #32A5A2 #4BC9C5 #7AD7D4 #A9E5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#4BC9C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#4BC9C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9C5

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9C5	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDBFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAB1C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CEC7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.110 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdad6',
    500: '#4bc9c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9c5;
$custom-light: #8cdad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76605,
    "c": 0.10976,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9C5

secondary

#D39D9F

accent

#4B4FDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9C5

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

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