#4CBDA9#4CBDA9

#4CBDA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 179.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDA9
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 169)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 10.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.03, -36.80, 0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.03, 36.81, 179.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% -0.1066 0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.107 179.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.3362, 40.7934, 43.9090)
Luminance	0.4080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDA9 #BD4C60

analogous

#4CBD71 #4CBDA9 #4C98BD

triadic

#4CBDA9 #A94CBD #BDA94C

tetradic

#4CBDA9 #714CBD #BD4C60 #98BD4C

square

#4CBDA9 #714CBD #BD4C60 #98BD4C

split-complementary

#4CBDA9 #BD4C98 #BD714C

monochromatic

#26685D #379584 #4CBDA9 #79CDBE #A5DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CBDA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#4CBDA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDA9

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDA9	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbda9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 179.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c2',
    500: '#4cbda9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbda9;
$custom-light: #89d1c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbda9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.381,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72826,
    "c": 0.10657,
    "h": 179.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDA9

secondary

#CB9AA2

accent

#5269D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDA9

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

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