#4BC9DA#4BC9DA

#4BC9DA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.111 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9DA
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 218)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(187, 66%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.6%, 7.8%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -29.15, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 34.62, 212.64°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.0985 -0.0518)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.111 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4378, 48.3271, 73.7238)
Luminance	0.4833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9DA #DA5C4B

analogous

#4BDAA4 #4BC9DA #4B81DA

triadic

#4BC9DA #DA4BC9 #C9DA4B

tetradic

#4BC9DA #A44BDA #DA5C4B #81DA4B

square

#4BC9DA #A44BDA #DA5C4B #81DA4B

split-complementary

#4BC9DA #DA4B81 #DAA44B

monochromatic

#1D808E #28AEC0 #4BC9DA #7ED8E4 #B1E7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC9DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#4BC9DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9DA

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9DA	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.111 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e5',
    500: '#4bc9da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9da;
$custom-light: #8ed9e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.133,
    "s": 65.899,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77348,
    "c": 0.1113,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9DA

secondary

#DDAAA4

accent

#533FE9

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9DA

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

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