#4CBE9C#4CBE9C

#4CBE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.115 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBE9C
RGB	rgb(76, 190, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(162, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 0%, 17.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.01, -40.46, 7.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.01, 41.17, 169.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.1136 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.115 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3918, 40.7609, 37.8701)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBE9C #BE4C6E

analogous

#4CBE63 #4CBE9C #4CA7BE

triadic

#4CBE9C #9C4CBE #BE9C4C

tetradic

#4CBE9C #634CBE #BE4C6E #A7BE4C

square

#4CBE9C #634CBE #BE4C6E #A7BE4C

split-complementary

#4CBE9C #BE4CA7 #BE634C

monochromatic

#266955 #37967A #4CBE9C #79CEB5 #A6DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CBE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4CBE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBE9C

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBE9C	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbe9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 190, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.115 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d2b9',
    500: '#4cbe9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbe9c;
$custom-light: #89d2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbe9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.105,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72699,
    "c": 0.11529,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBE9C

secondary

#CC9AA9

accent

#5179D6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBE9C

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

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