#4BC9CA#4BC9CA

#4BC9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.109 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9CA
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 202)
HSL	hsl(180, 55%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(180, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 0.5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -33.73, -10.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 35.41, 197.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.77% -0.1052 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(76.77% 0.109 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4443, 47.5297, 63.2245)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9CA #CA4C4B

analogous

#4BCA8B #4BC9CA #4B8ACA

triadic

#4BC9CA #CA4BC9 #C9CA4B

tetradic

#4BC9CA #8B4BCA #CA4C4B #8ACA4B

square

#4BC9CA #8B4BCA #CA4C4B #8ACA4B

split-complementary

#4BC9CA #CA4B8A #CA8B4B

monochromatic

#237777 #31A6A7 #4BC9CA #7AD7D8 #AAE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4BC9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#4BC9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9CA

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9CA	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.109 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddada',
    500: '#4bc9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9ca;
$custom-light: #8ddada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.472,
    "s": 54.506,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76774,
    "c": 0.10933,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9CA

secondary

#D39E9D

accent

#4B4ADE

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9CA

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

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