#4BC9D5#4BC9D5

#4BC9D5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.110 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9D5
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 213)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(185, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(64.8%, 5.6%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -30.61, -16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 34.63, 207.91°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.1005 -0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.11 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.7934, 48.0693, 70.3298)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9D5 #D5574B

analogous

#4BD59C #4BC9D5 #4B84D5

triadic

#4BC9D5 #D54BC9 #C9D54B

tetradic

#4BC9D5 #9C4BD5 #D5574B #84D54B

square

#4BC9D5 #9C4BD5 #D5574B #84D54B

split-complementary

#4BC9D5 #D54B84 #D59C4B

monochromatic

#1F7D86 #2BACB8 #4BC9D5 #7DD8E1 #AEE7EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#4BC9D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#4BC9D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9D5

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9D5	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC1D6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5B2D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.110 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e1',
    500: '#4bc9d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9d5;
$custom-light: #8ed9e1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.217,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77163,
    "c": 0.11013,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9D5

secondary

#DAA7A2

accent

#5143E5

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1515

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9D5

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

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