#4C8A8B#4C8A8B

#4C8A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.064 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8A8B
RGB	rgb(76, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 29%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(181, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.57, -19.69, -6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.57, 20.82, 198.99°)
OKLab	oklab(59.24% -0.0614 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(59.24% 0.064 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7274, 21.5762, 27.7042)
Luminance	0.2158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8A8B #8B4D4C

analogous

#4C8B6C #4C8A8B #4C6B8B

triadic

#4C8A8B #8B4C8A #8A8B4C

tetradic

#4C8A8B #6C4C8B #8B4D4C #6B8B4C

square

#4C8A8B #6C4C8B #8B4D4C #6B8B4C

split-complementary

#4C8A8B #8B4C6B #8B6C4C

monochromatic

#213B3C #366363 #4C8A8B #68ABAC #8FC1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#4C8A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#4C8A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8A8B

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8A8B	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.064 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83acac',
    500: '#4c8a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8a8b;
$custom-light: #83acac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.952,
    "s": 29.302,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59236,
    "c": 0.06422,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8A8B

secondary

#AE8585

accent

#6462C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8A8B

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

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