#4CB9BC#4CB9BC

#4CB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.099 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9BC
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.37, -29.82, -10.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.37, 31.73, 199.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0939 -0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.099 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4027, 39.8622, 53.7118)
Luminance	0.3987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9BC #BC4F4C

analogous

#4CBC87 #4CB9BC #4C81BC

triadic

#4CB9BC #BC4CB9 #B9BC4C

tetradic

#4CB9BC #874CBC #BC4F4C #81BC4C

square

#4CB9BC #874CBC #BC4F4C #81BC4C

split-complementary

#4CB9BC #BC4C81 #BC874C

monochromatic

#276567 #379194 #4CB9BC #79CACD #A5DCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.97

#4CB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9BC

8.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9BC	1.00	2.34	8.97	8.97
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.099 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced0',
    500: '#4cb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9bc;
$custom-light: #8aced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.607,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72471,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9BC

secondary

#CA9B99

accent

#5653D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9BC

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

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