#4CA9BE#4CA9BE

#4CA9BE is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.092 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA9BE
RGB	rgb(76, 169, 190)
HSL	hsl(191, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(191, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 11.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, -21.22, -19.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 28.51, 221.89°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0758 -0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.092 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4590, 33.6275, 53.8016)
Luminance	0.3363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA9BE #BE614C

analogous

#4CBE9A #4CA9BE #4C70BE

triadic

#4CA9BE #BE4CA9 #A9BE4C

tetradic

#4CA9BE #9A4CBE #BE614C #70BE4C

square

#4CA9BE #9A4CBE #BE614C #70BE4C

split-complementary

#4CA9BE #BE4C70 #BE9A4C

monochromatic

#265D69 #378596 #4CA9BE #79BFCE #A6D4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4CA9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#4CA9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA9BE

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA9BE	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9AA4BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8997BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B1AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 169, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.092 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c2d1',
    500: '#4ca9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca9be;
$custom-light: #89c2d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.053,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68704,
    "c": 0.09241,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA9BE

secondary

#CCA39A

accent

#6A51D6

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F9

border

#CBD0D2

text

#0D1214

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA9BE

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

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