#4BD9E0#4BD9E0

#4BD9E0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.119 H 199.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD9E0
RGB	rgb(75, 217, 224)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(183, 67%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 3.1%, 0%, 12.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, -35.06, -14.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 37.96, 202.55°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.112 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.119 199.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1631, 56.4987, 79.2425)
Luminance	0.5650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD9E0 #E0524B

analogous

#4BE09C #4BD9E0 #4B8EE0

triadic

#4BD9E0 #E04BD9 #D9E04B

tetradic

#4BD9E0 #9C4BE0 #E0524B #8EE04B

square

#4BD9E0 #9C4BE0 #E0524B #8EE04B

split-complementary

#4BD9E0 #E04B8E #E09C4B

monochromatic

#1A9197 #23C3CB #4BD9E0 #7FE4E9 #B3EFF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#4BD9E0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#4BD9E0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD9E0

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD9E0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD9E0	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD0E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3BFE1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E1DB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd9e0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 217, 224);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.119 199.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#90e5e9',
    500: '#4bd9e0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd9e0;
$custom-light: #90e5e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd9e0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 224
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.819,
    "s": 70.616,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 199.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD9E0

secondary

#9B3934

accent

#433AED

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F5FCFC

border

#CFD5D5

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8484

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD9E0

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