#4BC9DD#4BC9DD

#4BC9DD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.112 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9DD
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 221)
HSL	hsl(188, 68%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(188, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.1%, 9%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -28.27, -20.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 34.71, 215.47°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0973 -0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.112 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.8339, 48.4855, 75.8100)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9DD #DD5F4B

analogous

#4BDDA8 #4BC9DD #4B80DD

triadic

#4BC9DD #DD4BC9 #C9DD4B

tetradic

#4BC9DD #A84BDD #DD5F4B #80DD4B

square

#4BC9DD #A84BDD #DD5F4B #80DD4B

split-complementary

#4BC9DD #DD4B80 #DDA84B

monochromatic

#1C8292 #25B0C5 #4BC9DD #7ED8E7 #B2E8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BC9DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#4BC9DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9DD

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9DD	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8C2DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.112 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e7',
    500: '#4bc9dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9dd;
$custom-light: #8ed9e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.219,
    "s": 68.224,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77461,
    "c": 0.11223,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9DD

secondary

#DFADA5

accent

#553DEB

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9DD

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

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