#4CB9CC#4CB9CC

#4CB9CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 210.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9CC
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 9.3%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -25.21, -18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 31.47, 216.78°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0872 -0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.102 210.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2240, 40.5908, 63.3043)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9CC #CC5F4C

analogous

#4CCC9F #4CB9CC #4C79CC

triadic

#4CB9CC #CC4CB9 #B9CC4C

tetradic

#4CB9CC #9F4CCC #CC5F4C #79CC4C

square

#4CB9CC #9F4CCC #CC5F4C #79CC4C

split-complementary

#4CB9CC #CC4C79 #CC9F4C

monochromatic

#236E7B #3198AA #4CB9CC #7CCCDA #ABDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4CB9CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4CB9CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9CC

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9CC	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 210.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedb',
    500: '#4cb9cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9cc;
$custom-light: #8ccedb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.906,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73059,
    "c": 0.10169,
    "h": 210.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9CC

secondary

#D5A79F

accent

#5F49DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9CC

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

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