#4CBDB9#4CBDB9

#4CBDB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.102 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDB9
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 2.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.48, -32.57, -7.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.48, 33.44, 193.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.34% -0.0994 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(73.34% 0.102 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9312, 41.4314, 52.3092)
Luminance	0.4143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDB9 #BD4C50

analogous

#4CBD81 #4CBDB9 #4C89BD

triadic

#4CBDB9 #B94CBD #BDB94C

tetradic

#4CBDB9 #814CBD #BD4C50 #89BD4C

square

#4CBDB9 #814CBD #BD4C50 #89BD4C

split-complementary

#4CBDB9 #BD4C89 #BD814C

monochromatic

#266866 #379592 #4CBDB9 #79CDCA #A5DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CBDB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.29

#4CBDB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDB9

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDB9	1.00	2.26	9.29	9.29
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbdb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.102 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1ce',
    500: '#4cbdb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbdb9;
$custom-light: #8ad1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbdb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.876,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73336,
    "c": 0.10162,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDB9

secondary

#CB9A9B

accent

#5257D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDB9

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

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