#4CB9CB#4CB9CB

#4CB9CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9CB
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -25.50, -18.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 31.41, 215.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.0876 -0.0509)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.101 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1045, 40.5429, 62.6747)
Luminance	0.4055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9CB #CB5E4C

analogous

#4CCB9E #4CB9CB #4C7ACB

triadic

#4CB9CB #CB4CB9 #B9CB4C

tetradic

#4CB9CB #9E4CCB #CB5E4C #7ACB4C

square

#4CB9CB #9E4CCB #CB5E4C #7ACB4C

split-complementary

#4CB9CB #CB4C7A #CB9E4C

monochromatic

#236D79 #3198A9 #4CB9CB #7BCCD9 #ABDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4CB9CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4CB9CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9CB

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9CB	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A5CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cceda',
    500: '#4cb9cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9cb;
$custom-light: #8cceda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.504,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73021,
    "c": 0.10133,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9CB

secondary

#D4A69F

accent

#5F49DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9CB

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

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