#4CB9C1#4CB9C1

#4CB9C1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9C1
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 193)
HSL	hsl(184, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(184, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 4.1%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -28.41, -13.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 31.39, 205.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.65% -0.0917 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(72.65% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9510, 40.0816, 56.5998)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9C1 #C1544C

analogous

#4CC18F #4CB9C1 #4C7EC1

triadic

#4CB9C1 #C14CB9 #B9C14C

tetradic

#4CB9C1 #8F4CC1 #C1544C #7EC14C

square

#4CB9C1 #8F4CC1 #C1544C #7EC14C

split-complementary

#4CB9C1 #C14C7E #C18F4C

monochromatic

#26686D #35939A #4CB9C1 #79CBD1 #A7DDE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CB9C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4CB9C1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9C1

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9C1	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB2C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA4C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced3',
    500: '#4cb9c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9c1;
$custom-light: #8bced3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.103,
    "s": 48.548,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72649,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9C1

secondary

#CE9F9B

accent

#5950D8

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9C1

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

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