#4BC9C8#4BC9C8

#4BC9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9C8
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 200)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 0.5%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, -34.28, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 35.65, 195.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% -0.106 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.109 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.2090, 47.4356, 61.9855)
Luminance	0.4744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9C8 #C94B4C

analogous

#4BC989 #4BC9C8 #4B8BC9

triadic

#4BC9C8 #C84BC9 #C9C84B

tetradic

#4BC9C8 #894BC9 #C94B4C #8BC94B

square

#4BC9C8 #894BC9 #C94B4C #8BC94B

split-complementary

#4BC9C8 #C94B8B #C9894B

monochromatic

#237675 #32A5A4 #4BC9C8 #7AD7D6 #A9E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4BC9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#4BC9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9C8

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9C8	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDC0C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cdad8',
    500: '#4bc9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9c8;
$custom-light: #8cdad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.524,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76706,
    "c": 0.10943,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9C8

secondary

#D39D9E

accent

#4B4CDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9C8

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

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