#4BC9D3#4BC9D3

#4BC9D3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.110 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9D3
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 211)
HSL	hsl(184, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(184, 64%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.5%, 4.7%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.81, -31.18, -15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.81, 34.70, 206.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.09% -0.1014 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(77.09% 0.11 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5411, 47.9684, 69.0011)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9D3 #D3554B

analogous

#4BD399 #4BC9D3 #4B85D3

triadic

#4BC9D3 #D34BC9 #C9D34B

tetradic

#4BC9D3 #994BD3 #D3554B #85D34B

square

#4BC9D3 #994BD3 #D3554B #85D34B

split-complementary

#4BC9D3 #D34B85 #D3994B

monochromatic

#207C83 #2CABB5 #4BC9D3 #7CD8DF #ADE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4BC9D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#4BC9D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9D3

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9D3	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6B2D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.110 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae0',
    500: '#4bc9d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9d3;
$custom-light: #8ddae0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.412,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77091,
    "c": 0.10981,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9D3

secondary

#D9A5A1

accent

#5044E4

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9D3

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

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