#4BC9E1#4BC9E1

#4BC9E1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.114 H 212.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BC9E1
RGB	rgb(75, 201, 225)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(190, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.7%, 10.7%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -27.08, -22.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 34.95, 219.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.0957 -0.0614)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.114 212.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.3732, 48.7012, 78.6502)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BC9E1 #E1634B

analogous

#4BE1AE #4BC9E1 #4B7EE1

triadic

#4BC9E1 #E14BC9 #C9E14B

tetradic

#4BC9E1 #AE4BE1 #E1634B #7EE14B

square

#4BC9E1 #AE4BE1 #E1634B #7EE14B

split-complementary

#4BC9E1 #E14B7E #E1AE4B

monochromatic

#198498 #22B1CD #4BC9E1 #7FD9EA #B4E8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#4BC9E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#4BC9E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BC9E1

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BC9E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BC9E1	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7C2E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1B3E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D3D0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bc9e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 201, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.114 212.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8fd9ea',
    500: '#4bc9e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bc9e1;
$custom-light: #8fd9ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bc9e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.6,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77614,
    "c": 0.11373,
    "h": 212.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BC9E1

secondary

#E1B0A6

accent

#573AEE

background

#F9FDFE

surface

#F2FAFD

border

#CCD3D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8384

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BC9E1

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

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