#4BC9DE#4BC9DE

#4BC9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.113 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9DE
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 222)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -27.97, -20.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 34.76, 216.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0969 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.113 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.9675, 48.5390, 76.5138)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9DE #DE604B

analogous

#4BDEA9 #4BC9DE #4B80DE

triadic

#4BC9DE #DE4BC9 #C9DE4B

tetradic

#4BC9DE #A94BDE #DE604B #80DE4B

square

#4BC9DE #A94BDE #DE604B #80DE4B

split-complementary

#4BC9DE #DE4B80 #DEA94B

monochromatic

#1B8294 #25B0C7 #4BC9DE #7FD9E7 #B2E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BC9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#4BC9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9DE

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9DE	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2CF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.113 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ed9e8',
    500: '#4bc9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9de;
$custom-light: #8ed9e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77499,
    "c": 0.11258,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9DE

secondary

#E0ADA5

accent

#553CEC

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9DE

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

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