#4CB9C8#4CB9C8

#4CB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 207.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9C8
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(187, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.75, -26.38, -16.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.75, 31.31, 212.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0888 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.1 207.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7504, 40.4013, 60.8100)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9C8 #C85B4C

analogous

#4CC899 #4CB9C8 #4C7BC8

triadic

#4CB9C8 #C84CB9 #B9C84C

tetradic

#4CB9C8 #994CC8 #C85B4C #7BC84C

square

#4CB9C8 #994CC8 #C85B4C #7BC84C

split-complementary

#4CB9C8 #C84C7B #C8994C

monochromatic

#246C75 #3297A4 #4CB9C8 #7BCBD6 #AADEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4CB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4CB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9C8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9C8	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 207.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced8',
    500: '#4cb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9c8;
$custom-light: #8bced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.258,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72907,
    "c": 0.10037,
    "h": 207.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9C8

secondary

#D2A49E

accent

#5D4BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9C8

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

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