#4CBC9F#4CBC9F

#4CBC9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.111 H 173.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBC9F
RGB	rgb(76, 188, 159)
HSL	hsl(164, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 15.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -38.84, 5.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 39.19, 172.33°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.1101 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.111 173.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2188, 40.0034, 39.0812)
Luminance	0.4001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBC9F #BC4C69

analogous

#4CBC67 #4CBC9F #4CA1BC

triadic

#4CBC9F #9F4CBC #BC9F4C

tetradic

#4CBC9F #674CBC #BC4C69 #A1BC4C

square

#4CBC9F #674CBC #BC4C69 #A1BC4C

split-complementary

#4CBC9F #BC4CA1 #BC674C

monochromatic

#276756 #37947C #4CBC9F #79CDB7 #A5DDCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CBC9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4CBC9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBC9F

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBC9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBC9F	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B19E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A5A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbc9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 188, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.111 173.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1bb',
    500: '#4cbc9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbc9f;
$custom-light: #89d1bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbc9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.464,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72286,
    "c": 0.11087,
    "h": 173.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBC9F

secondary

#CA99A6

accent

#5374D5

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBC9F

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

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