#4BC9D9#4BC9D9

#4BC9D9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9D9
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 217)
HSL	hsl(187, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.4%, 7.4%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.00, -29.44, -18.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.00, 34.60, 211.70°)
OKLab	oklab(77.31% -0.0989 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(77.31% 0.111 207)
XYZ	xyz(36.3073, 48.2749, 73.0367)
Luminance	0.4828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9D9 #D95B4B

analogous

#4BD9A2 #4BC9D9 #4B82D9

triadic

#4BC9D9 #D94BC9 #C9D94B

tetradic

#4BC9D9 #A24BD9 #D95B4B #82D94B

square

#4BC9D9 #A24BD9 #D95B4B #82D94B

split-complementary

#4BC9D9 #D94B82 #D9A24B

monochromatic

#1E808C #28AEBF #4BC9D9 #7ED8E4 #B0E7EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC9D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#4BC9D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9D9

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9D9	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9C1DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4B2D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D1CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e4',
    500: '#4bc9d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9d9;
$custom-light: #8ed9e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.761,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77311,
    "c": 0.11103,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.48279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9D9

secondary

#DDAAA3

accent

#5340E8

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F2FAFB

border

#CCD3D4

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9D9

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

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