#4BD9E8#4BD9E8

#4BD9E8 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.120 H 205.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD9E8
RGB	rgb(75, 217, 232)
HSL	hsl(186, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.7%, 6.5%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.15, -32.77, -18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.15, 37.60, 209.38°)
OKLab	oklab(81.63% -0.1087 -0.0512)
OKLCH	oklch(81.63% 0.12 205.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2737, 56.9429, 85.0914)
Luminance	0.5695 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD9E8 #E85A4B

analogous

#4BE8A8 #4BD9E8 #4B8BE8

triadic

#4BD9E8 #E84BD9 #D9E84B

tetradic

#4BD9E8 #A84BE8 #E85A4B #8BE84B

square

#4BD9E8 #A84BE8 #E85A4B #8BE84B

split-complementary

#4BD9E8 #E84B8B #E8A84B

monochromatic

#1596A4 #1CC8DA #4BD9E8 #81E4EF #B8F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#4BD9E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#4BD9E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD9E8

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD9E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD9E8	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8D0E9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd9e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 217, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.120 205.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5ef',
    500: '#4bd9e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd9e8;
$custom-light: #91e5ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd9e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.732,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81627,
    "c": 0.12019,
    "h": 205.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD9E8

secondary

#A63C31

accent

#200CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD9E8

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

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