#4BC9C9#4BC9C9

#4BC9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.109 H 195.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9C9
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 201)
HSL	hsl(180, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 0%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.50, -34.01, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.50, 35.53, 196.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% -0.1056 -0.0285)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.109 195.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.3263, 47.4825, 62.6030)
Luminance	0.4749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9C9 #C94B4B

analogous

#4BC98A #4BC9C9 #4B8AC9

triadic

#4BC9C9 #C94BC9 #C9C94B

tetradic

#4BC9C9 #8A4BC9 #C94B4B #8AC94B

square

#4BC9C9 #8A4BC9 #C94B4B #8AC94B

split-complementary

#4BC9C9 #C94B8A #C98A4B

monochromatic

#237676 #32A5A5 #4BC9C9 #7AD7D7 #A9E5E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4BC9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#4BC9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9C9

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9C9	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9B1CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.109 195.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddad9',
    500: '#4bc9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9c9;
$custom-light: #8ddad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7674,
    "c": 0.10936,
    "h": 195.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9C9

secondary

#D39D9D

accent

#4B4BDD

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9C9

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

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