#4BD9E9#4BD9E9

#4BD9E9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.120 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4BD9E9
RGB	rgb(75, 217, 233)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(186, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(67.8%, 6.9%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -32.48, -18.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 37.59, 210.24°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.1083 -0.0526)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.12 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.4161, 56.9999, 85.8416)
Luminance	0.5700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4BD9E9 #E95B4B

analogous

#4BE9AA #4BD9E9 #4B8AE9

triadic

#4BD9E9 #E94BD9 #D9E94B

tetradic

#4BD9E9 #AA4BE9 #E95B4B #8AE94B

square

#4BD9E9 #AA4BE9 #E95B4B #8AE94B

split-complementary

#4BD9E9 #E94B8A #E9AA4B

monochromatic

#1497A5 #1BC8DC #4BD9E9 #82E5F0 #B8F0F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#4BD9E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#4BD9E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4BD9E9

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4BD9E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4BD9E9	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7D1EA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1C0E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00E2DE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4bd9e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 217, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.120 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91e5f0',
    500: '#4bd9e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4bd9e9;
$custom-light: #91e5f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4bd9e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.076,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81663,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4BD9E9

secondary

#A73D31

accent

#200BDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0E1616

muted

#7F8485

Preview Lab

Preview with #4BD9E9

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

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