#4CB9AE#4CB9AE

#4CB9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.101 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9AE
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 5.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -33.65, -3.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 33.85, 186.36°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.1 -0.0106)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.101 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9660, 39.2876, 46.1456)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9AE #B94C57

analogous

#4CB977 #4CB9AE #4C8DB9

triadic

#4CB9AE #AE4CB9 #B9AE4C

tetradic

#4CB9AE #774CB9 #B94C57 #8DB94C

square

#4CB9AE #774CB9 #B94C57 #8DB94C

split-complementary

#4CB9AE #B94C8D #B9774C

monochromatic

#27645E #389087 #4CB9AE #78CAC2 #A4DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4CB9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4CB9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9AE

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9AE	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.101 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec6',
    500: '#4cb9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9ae;
$custom-light: #89cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.945,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72001,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9AE

secondary

#C8989D

accent

#5461D4

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9AE

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

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