#4BC9CE#4BC9CE

#4BC9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.109 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9CE
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 206)
HSL	hsl(182, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(182, 64%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.6%, 2.4%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.65, -32.61, -12.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.65, 35.01, 201.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.1035 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.109 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9240, 47.7216, 65.7512)
Luminance	0.4773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9CE #CE504B

analogous

#4BCE91 #4BC9CE #4B88CE

triadic

#4BC9CE #CE4BC9 #C9CE4B

tetradic

#4BC9CE #914BCE #CE504B #88CE4B

square

#4BC9CE #914BCE #CE504B #88CE4B

split-complementary

#4BC9CE #CE4B88 #CE914B

monochromatic

#22797D #2FA8AD #4BC9CE #7BD7DB #ABE6E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4BC9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#4BC9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9CE

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9CE	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1CF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.109 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddadc',
    500: '#4bc9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9ce;
$custom-light: #8ddadc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 57.205,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76913,
    "c": 0.10934,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9CE

secondary

#D6A19F

accent

#4D47E0

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9CE

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

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