#4CBEC9#4CBEC9

#4CBEC9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.1% C 0.103 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBEC9
RGB	rgb(76, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(185, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(185, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.2%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.27, -28.56, -15.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.27, 32.31, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.14% -0.0937 -0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(74.14% 0.103 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.9321, 42.5771, 61.7823)
Luminance	0.4258 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBEC9 #C9574C

analogous

#4CC996 #4CBEC9 #4C80C9

triadic

#4CBEC9 #C94CBE #BEC94C

tetradic

#4CBEC9 #964CC9 #C9574C #80C94C

square

#4CBEC9 #964CC9 #C9574C #80C94C

split-complementary

#4CBEC9 #C94C80 #C9964C

monochromatic

#246F77 #329CA6 #4CBEC9 #7BCFD7 #AAE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#4CBEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.52

#4CBEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBEC9

9.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBEC9	1.00	2.21	9.52	9.52
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B7CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA9C9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C5C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.1% 0.103 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd2d9',
    500: '#4cbec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbec9;
$custom-light: #8cd2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.28,
    "s": 53.648,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74137,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBEC9

secondary

#D3A39E

accent

#584BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBEC9

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

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