#4BC9D7#4BC9D7

#4BC9D7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.111 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9D7
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 215)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -30.03, -17.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 34.60, 209.80°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0997 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.111 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.0488, 48.1715, 71.6750)
Luminance	0.4818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9D7 #D7594B

analogous

#4BD79F #4BC9D7 #4B83D7

triadic

#4BC9D7 #D74BC9 #C9D74B

tetradic

#4BC9D7 #9F4BD7 #D7594B #83D74B

square

#4BC9D7 #9F4BD7 #D7594B #83D74B

split-complementary

#4BC9D7 #D74B83 #D79F4B

monochromatic

#1E7E89 #2AADBB #4BC9D7 #7DD8E2 #AFE7ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC9D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#4BC9D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9D7

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9D7	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.111 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e3',
    500: '#4bc9d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9d7;
$custom-light: #8ed9e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77237,
    "c": 0.11054,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9D7

secondary

#DBA8A2

accent

#5241E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9D7

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

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