#4BC9DB#4BC9DB

#4BC9DB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.112 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9DB
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 219)
HSL	hsl(188, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 8.2%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.06, -28.86, -19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.06, 34.64, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0981 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.112 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.5691, 48.3796, 74.4150)
Luminance	0.4838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9DB #DB5D4B

analogous

#4BDBA5 #4BC9DB #4B81DB

triadic

#4BC9DB #DB4BC9 #C9DB4B

tetradic

#4BC9DB #A54BDB #DB5D4B #81DB4B

square

#4BC9DB #A54BDB #DB5D4B #81DB4B

split-complementary

#4BC9DB #DB4B81 #DBA54B

monochromatic

#1D818F #27AFC2 #4BC9DB #7ED8E5 #B1E8EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#4BC9DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.68

#4BC9DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9DB

10.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9DB	1.00	1.97	10.68	10.68
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3B2DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.112 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e6',
    500: '#4bc9db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9db;
$custom-light: #8ed9e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77385,
    "c": 0.1116,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9DB

secondary

#DEABA4

accent

#543EEA

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1415

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9DB

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

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