#4BC9D4#4BC9D4

#4BC9D4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.110 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9D4
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 212)
HSL	hsl(185, 61%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.6%, 5.2%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -30.89, -15.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 34.66, 206.97°)
OKLab	oklab(77.13% -0.1009 -0.0436)
OKLCH	oklch(77.13% 0.11 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6668, 48.0187, 69.6634)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9D4 #D4564B

analogous

#4BD49B #4BC9D4 #4B85D4

triadic

#4BC9D4 #D44BC9 #C9D44B

tetradic

#4BC9D4 #9B4BD4 #D4564B #85D44B

square

#4BC9D4 #9B4BD4 #D4564B #85D44B

split-complementary

#4BC9D4 #D44B85 #D49B4B

monochromatic

#207D85 #2CABB6 #4BC9D4 #7CD8E0 #AEE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4BC9D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#4BC9D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9D4

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9D4	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.110 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ddae1',
    500: '#4bc9d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9d4;
$custom-light: #8ddae1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.818,
    "s": 61.435,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77127,
    "c": 0.10996,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9D4

secondary

#DAA6A1

accent

#5043E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9D4

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

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