#4CB9CD#4CB9CD

#4CB9CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 211.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9CD
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 205)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 9.8%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.92, -24.91, -19.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.92, 31.54, 217.82°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0868 -0.0537)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.102 211.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.3443, 40.6389, 63.9380)
Luminance	0.4064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9CD #CD604C

analogous

#4CCDA0 #4CB9CD #4C79CD

triadic

#4CB9CD #CD4CB9 #B9CD4C

tetradic

#4CB9CD #A04CCD #CD604C #79CD4C

square

#4CB9CD #A04CCD #CD604C #79CD4C

split-complementary

#4CB9CD #CD4C79 #CDA04C

monochromatic

#236E7C #3099AC #4CB9CD #7CCCDA #ACDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4CB9CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4CB9CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9CD

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9CD	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 211.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedc',
    500: '#4cb9cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9cd;
$custom-light: #8ccedc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.302,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73098,
    "c": 0.10207,
    "h": 211.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9CD

secondary

#D5A89F

accent

#6048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9CD

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

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