#4BD9DC#4BD9DC

#4BD9DC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.119 H 197.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD9DC
RGB	rgb(75, 217, 220)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(181, 66%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.9%, 1.4%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, -36.18, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 38.32, 199.21°)
OKLab	oklab(81.2% -0.1137 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.2% 0.119 197.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6270, 56.2843, 76.4191)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD9DC #DC4E4B

analogous

#4BDC96 #4BD9DC #4B91DC

triadic

#4BD9DC #DC4BD9 #D9DC4B

tetradic

#4BD9DC #964BDC #DC4E4B #91DC4B

square

#4BD9DC #964BDC #DC4E4B #91DC4B

split-complementary

#4BD9DC #DC4B91 #DC964B

monochromatic

#1C8E91 #26C0C4 #4BD9DC #7EE4E6 #B1EFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4BD9DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#4BD9DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD9DC

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD9DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD9DC	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBCFDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5BFDD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd9dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 217, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.119 197.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5e6',
    500: '#4bd9dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd9dc;
$custom-light: #90e5e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd9dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.241,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81203,
    "c": 0.11894,
    "h": 197.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD9DC

secondary

#963836

accent

#413DEA

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD9DC

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

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