#4CB9CA#4CB9CA

#4CB9CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9CA
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 202)
HSL	hsl(188, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(188, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.4%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.82, -25.80, -17.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.82, 31.37, 214.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.98% -0.088 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(72.98% 0.101 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9857, 40.4954, 62.0491)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9CA #CA5D4C

analogous

#4CCA9C #4CB9CA #4C7ACA

triadic

#4CB9CA #CA4CB9 #B9CA4C

tetradic

#4CB9CA #9C4CCA #CA5D4C #7ACA4C

square

#4CB9CA #9C4CCA #CA5D4C #7ACA4C

split-complementary

#4CB9CA #CA4C7A #CA9C4C

monochromatic

#246D78 #3297A7 #4CB9CA #7BCBD8 #AADEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4CB9CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4CB9CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9CA

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9CA	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB3CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceda',
    500: '#4cb9ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9ca;
$custom-light: #8cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.095,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72983,
    "c": 0.10099,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9CA

secondary

#D4A59E

accent

#5E4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9CA

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

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