#4CB9BF#4CB9BF

#4CB9BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9BF
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 191)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 3.1%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -28.98, -12.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 31.50, 203.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0926 -0.0342)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.099 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.7294, 39.9929, 55.4328)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9BF #BF524C

analogous

#4CBF8B #4CB9BF #4C80BF

triadic

#4CB9BF #BF4CB9 #B9BF4C

tetradic

#4CB9BF #8B4CBF #BF524C #80BF4C

square

#4CB9BF #8B4CBF #BF524C #80BF4C

split-complementary

#4CB9BF #BF4C80 #BF8B4C

monochromatic

#26676B #369398 #4CB9BF #79CBCF #A6DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CB9BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4CB9BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9BF

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9BF	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB1C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced2',
    500: '#4cb9bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9bf;
$custom-light: #8bced2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.13,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9BF

secondary

#CC9D9A

accent

#5851D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9BF

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

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