#4CBAB9#4CBAB9

#4CBAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAB9
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -31.14, -8.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 32.38, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0962 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.099 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.2926, 40.1541, 52.0963)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAB9 #BA4C4D

analogous

#4CBA82 #4CBAB9 #4C84BA

triadic

#4CBAB9 #B94CBA #BAB94C

tetradic

#4CBAB9 #824CBA #BA4C4D #84BA4C

square

#4CBAB9 #824CBA #BA4C4D #84BA4C

split-complementary

#4CBAB9 #BA4C84 #BA824C

monochromatic

#276564 #389190 #4CBAB9 #78CBCA #A4DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4CBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAB9

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAB9	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA4BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfce',
    500: '#4cbab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbab9;
$custom-light: #8acfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.455,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72609,
    "c": 0.09933,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAB9

secondary

#C99999

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAB9

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

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