#4BC9D0#4BC9D0

#4BC9D0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.109 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9D0
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 208)
HSL	hsl(183, 59%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(183, 64%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.9%, 3.4%, 0%, 18.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, -32.04, -13.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 34.86, 203.22°)
OKLab	oklab(76.98% -0.1026 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(76.98% 0.109 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1685, 47.8194, 67.0389)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9D0 #D0524B

analogous

#4BD094 #4BC9D0 #4B86D0

triadic

#4BC9D0 #D04BC9 #C9D04B

tetradic

#4BC9D0 #944BD0 #D0524B #86D04B

square

#4BC9D0 #944BD0 #D0524B #86D04B

split-complementary

#4BC9D0 #D04B86 #D0944B

monochromatic

#217A7F #2EA9B0 #4BC9D0 #7CD8DD #ACE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#4BC9D0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#4BC9D0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9D0

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9D0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9D0	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBC0D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7B1D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9d0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 208);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.109 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddade',
    500: '#4bc9d0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9d0;
$custom-light: #8ddade;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9d0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 208
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76983,
    "c": 0.10946,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9D0

secondary

#D7A3A0

accent

#4E46E2

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0D1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9D0

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

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