#4BC9DF#4BC9DF

#4BC9DF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.113 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9DF
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 223)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(189, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.4%, 9.9%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -27.67, -21.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 34.81, 217.35°)
OKLab	oklab(77.54% -0.0965 -0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(77.54% 0.113 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.1020, 48.5927, 77.2217)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9DF #DF614B

analogous

#4BDFAB #4BC9DF #4B7FDF

triadic

#4BC9DF #DF4BC9 #C9DF4B

tetradic

#4BC9DF #AB4BDF #DF614B #7FDF4B

square

#4BC9DF #AB4BDF #DF614B #7FDF4B

split-complementary

#4BC9DF #DF4B7F #DFAB4B

monochromatic

#1B8395 #24B0C9 #4BC9DF #7FD9E8 #B3E8F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BC9DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#4BC9DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9DF

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9DF	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2B2DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D2D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.113 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9e9',
    500: '#4bc9df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9df;
$custom-light: #8fd9e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.919,
    "s": 69.811,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77537,
    "c": 0.11295,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9DF

secondary

#E0AEA6

accent

#563BED

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFC

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9DF

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

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