#4CB9BE#4CB9BE

#4CB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.099 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9BE
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -29.26, -11.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 31.56, 202.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.093 -0.0328)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.099 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.6197, 39.9490, 54.8552)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9BE #BE514C

analogous

#4CBE8A #4CB9BE #4C80BE

triadic

#4CB9BE #BE4CB9 #B9BE4C

tetradic

#4CB9BE #8A4CBE #BE514C #80BE4C

square

#4CB9BE #8A4CBE #BE514C #80BE4C

split-complementary

#4CB9BE #BE4C80 #BE8A4C

monochromatic

#266669 #379296 #4CB9BE #79CBCE #A6DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#4CB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9BE

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9BE	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.099 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8aced1',
    500: '#4cb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9be;
$custom-light: #8aced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.632,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72542,
    "c": 0.09863,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9BE

secondary

#CC9C9A

accent

#5751D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9BE

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

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