#4BD9DE#4BD9DE

#4BD9DE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 198.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD9DE
RGB	rgb(75, 217, 222)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(182, 66%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.2%, 2.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, -35.62, -13.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 38.12, 200.87°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.1128 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.119 198.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8935, 56.3909, 77.8224)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD9DE #DE504B

analogous

#4BDE99 #4BD9DE #4B8FDE

triadic

#4BD9DE #DE4BD9 #D9DE4B

tetradic

#4BD9DE #994BDE #DE504B #8FDE4B

square

#4BD9DE #994BDE #DE504B #8FDE4B

split-complementary

#4BD9DE #DE4B8F #DE994B

monochromatic

#1B8F94 #25C2C7 #4BD9DE #7FE4E7 #B2EFF1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4BD9DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#4BD9DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD9DE

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD9DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD9DE	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CACFDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4BFDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E0DA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd9de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 217, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 198.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5e8',
    500: '#4bd9de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd9de;
$custom-light: #90e5e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd9de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.041,
    "s": 69.014,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.11897,
    "h": 198.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD9DE

secondary

#983835

accent

#423CEC

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD9DE

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

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