#4BC9CB#4BC9CB

#4BC9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.109 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9CB
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 203)
HSL	hsl(181, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(181, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, -33.45, -11.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 35.30, 198.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.1047 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.109 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.5631, 47.5772, 63.8501)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9CB #CB4D4B

analogous

#4BCB8D #4BC9CB #4B89CB

triadic

#4BC9CB #CB4BC9 #C9CB4B

tetradic

#4BC9CB #8D4BCB #CB4D4B #89CB4B

square

#4BC9CB #8D4BCB #CB4D4B #89CB4B

split-complementary

#4BC9CB #CB4B89 #CB8D4B

monochromatic

#237779 #31A6A8 #4BC9CB #7AD7D9 #AAE5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#4BC9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#4BC9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9CB

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9CB	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CFC9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.109 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddada',
    500: '#4bc9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9cb;
$custom-light: #8ddada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.938,
    "s": 55.172,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76809,
    "c": 0.10929,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9CB

secondary

#D49F9E

accent

#4C49DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFA

border

#CCD3D3

text

#0D1514

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9CB

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

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