#4CB9B2#4CB9B2

#4CB9B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.100 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9B2
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 178)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -32.57, -5.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 33.08, 190.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% -0.0982 -0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.1 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3618, 39.4459, 48.2300)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9B2 #B94C53

analogous

#4CB97B #4CB9B2 #4C89B9

triadic

#4CB9B2 #B24CB9 #B9B24C

tetradic

#4CB9B2 #7B4CB9 #B94C53 #89B94C

square

#4CB9B2 #7B4CB9 #B94C53 #89B94C

split-complementary

#4CB9B2 #B94C89 #B97B4C

monochromatic

#276460 #38908A #4CB9B2 #78CAC5 #A4DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB9B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4CB9B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9B2

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9B2	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB0B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.100 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec9',
    500: '#4cb9b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9b2;
$custom-light: #8acec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.147,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72131,
    "c": 0.09955,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9B2

secondary

#C8989B

accent

#545CD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9B2

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

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