#4EB9CC#4EB9CC

#4EB9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.101 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9CC
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.95, -24.87, -18.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.95, 31.14, 217.01°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.0861 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.101 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.3854, 40.6740, 63.3119)
Luminance	0.4068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9CC #CC614E

analogous

#4ECCA0 #4EB9CC #4E7ACC

triadic

#4EB9CC #CC4EB9 #B9CC4E

tetradic

#4EB9CC #A04ECC #CC614E #7ACC4E

square

#4EB9CC #A04ECC #CC614E #7ACC4E

split-complementary

#4EB9CC #CC4E7A #CCA04E

monochromatic

#246F7C #3199AB #4EB9CC #7ECCDA #ADDFE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4EB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9CC

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9CC	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.101 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcedb',
    500: '#4eb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9cc;
$custom-light: #8dcedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.048,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73123,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9CC

secondary

#D5A9A1

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9CC

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

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