#4BC9D8#4BC9D8

#4BC9D8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 206.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9D8
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 216)
HSL	hsl(186, 64%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(186, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.3%, 6.9%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -29.73, -17.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 34.60, 210.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0993 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.111 206.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.1777, 48.2230, 72.3538)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9D8 #D85A4B

analogous

#4BD8A1 #4BC9D8 #4B83D8

triadic

#4BC9D8 #D84BC9 #C9D84B

tetradic

#4BC9D8 #A14BD8 #D85A4B #83D84B

square

#4BC9D8 #A14BD8 #D85A4B #83D84B

split-complementary

#4BC9D8 #D84B83 #D8A14B

monochromatic

#1E7F8B #29ADBD #4BC9D8 #7DD8E3 #B0E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC9D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#4BC9D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9D8

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9D8	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1D9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 206.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e4',
    500: '#4bc9d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9d8;
$custom-light: #8ed9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.383,
    "s": 64.384,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77273,
    "c": 0.11078,
    "h": 206.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9D8

secondary

#DCA9A3

accent

#5240E7

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9D8

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

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