#4CB9AA#4CB9AA

#4CB9AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.102 H 182.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9AA
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 8.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -34.70, -1.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 34.74, 182.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.1018 -0.0052)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.102 182.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5819, 39.1339, 44.1224)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9AA #B94C5B

analogous

#4CB973 #4CB9AA #4C91B9

triadic

#4CB9AA #AA4CB9 #B9AA4C

tetradic

#4CB9AA #734CB9 #B94C5B #91B94C

square

#4CB9AA #734CB9 #B94C5B #91B94C

split-complementary

#4CB9AA #B94C91 #B9734C

monochromatic

#27645B #389084 #4CB9AA #78CABF #A4DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB9AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#4CB9AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9AA

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9AA	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.102 182.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec3',
    500: '#4cb9aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9aa;
$custom-light: #89cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.743,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71874,
    "c": 0.10193,
    "h": 182.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9AA

secondary

#C8989F

accent

#5466D4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9AA

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

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