#4EB9CB#4EB9CB

#4EB9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.100 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9CB
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -25.16, -18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 31.08, 215.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% -0.0865 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.1 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2659, 40.6262, 62.6822)
Luminance	0.4063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9CB #CB604E

analogous

#4ECB9E #4EB9CB #4E7ACB

triadic

#4EB9CB #CB4EB9 #B9CB4E

tetradic

#4EB9CB #9E4ECB #CB604E #7ACB4E

square

#4EB9CB #9E4ECB #CB604E #7ACB4E

split-complementary

#4EB9CB #CB4E7A #CB9E4E

monochromatic

#246E7B #3299AA #4EB9CB #7DCCD9 #ADDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4EB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9CB

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9CB	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.100 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceda',
    500: '#4eb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9cb;
$custom-light: #8cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.64,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73085,
    "c": 0.10021,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9CB

secondary

#D5A8A0

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9CB

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

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