#4CB9CE#4CB9CE

#4CB9CE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.102 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB9CE
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 206)
HSL	hsl(190, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.1%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.96, -24.61, -19.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.96, 31.61, 218.86°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.0864 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.102 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.4654, 40.6873, 64.5757)
Luminance	0.4069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB9CE #CE614C

analogous

#4CCEA2 #4CB9CE #4C78CE

triadic

#4CB9CE #CE4CB9 #B9CE4C

tetradic

#4CB9CE #A24CCE #CE614C #78CE4C

square

#4CB9CE #A24CCE #CE614C #78CE4C

split-complementary

#4CB9CE #CE4C78 #CEA24C

monochromatic

#226F7D #2F99AD #4CB9CE #7CCCDB #ACDFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4CB9CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.14

#4CB9CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB9CE

9.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB9CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB9CE	1.00	2.30	9.14	9.14
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B3CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A5CE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb9ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.102 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccedd',
    500: '#4cb9ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb9ce;
$custom-light: #8ccedd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb9ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.692,
    "s": 57.018,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.10247,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB9CE

secondary

#D6A9A0

accent

#6048E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB9CE

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

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