#4BC9CD#4BC9CD

#4BC9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.109 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9CD
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 205)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -32.89, -12.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 35.10, 200.45°)
OKLab	oklab(76.88% -0.1039 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(76.88% 0.109 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8029, 47.6731, 65.1134)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9CD #CD4F4B

analogous

#4BCD90 #4BC9CD #4B88CD

triadic

#4BC9CD #CD4BC9 #C9CD4B

tetradic

#4BC9CD #904BCD #CD4F4B #88CD4B

square

#4BC9CD #904BCD #CD4F4B #88CD4B

split-complementary

#4BC9CD #CD4B88 #CD904B

monochromatic

#22797B #30A7AB #4BC9CD #7BD7DA #ABE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4BC9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#4BC9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9CD

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9CD	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCC0CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8B1CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.109 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddadc',
    500: '#4bc9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9cd;
$custom-light: #8ddadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76878,
    "c": 0.1093,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.47677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9CD

secondary

#D5A09F

accent

#4D48E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9CD

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

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