#4CB9BD#4CB9BD

#4CB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.099 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9BD
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -29.54, -11.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 31.64, 201.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0934 -0.0314)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.099 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5108, 39.9055, 54.2815)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9BD #BD504C

analogous

#4CBD89 #4CB9BD #4C81BD

triadic

#4CB9BD #BD4CB9 #B9BD4C

tetradic

#4CB9BD #894CBD #BD504C #81BD4C

square

#4CB9BD #894CBD #BD504C #81BD4C

split-complementary

#4CB9BD #BD4C81 #BD894C

monochromatic

#266668 #379295 #4CB9BD #79CACD #A5DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4CB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9BD

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9BD	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.099 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced0',
    500: '#4cb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9bd;
$custom-light: #8aced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.124,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.09858,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9BD

secondary

#CB9B9A

accent

#5752D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9BD

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

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