#4C8B8A#4C8B8A

#4C8B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.065 H 194.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C8B8A
RGB	rgb(76, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 29%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(179, 45%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.3%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -20.49, -5.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 21.29, 195.77°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% -0.0631 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.065 194.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7988, 21.8354, 27.3692)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C8B8A #8B4C4D

analogous

#4C8B6B #4C8B8A #4C6C8B

triadic

#4C8B8A #8A4C8B #8B8A4C

tetradic

#4C8B8A #6B4C8B #8B4C4D #6C8B4C

square

#4C8B8A #6B4C8B #8B4C4D #6C8B4C

split-complementary

#4C8B8A #8B4C6C #8B6B4C

monochromatic

#213C3B #366363 #4C8B8A #68ACAB #8FC2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#4C8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#4C8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4C8B8A

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4C8B8A	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C8E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.065 194.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#83adac',
    500: '#4c8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c8b8a;
$custom-light: #83adac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.048,
    "s": 29.302,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59449,
    "c": 0.06512,
    "h": 194.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C8B8A

secondary

#AE8585

accent

#6264C6

background

#F8FAFA

surface

#EFF4F4

border

#CACECE

text

#0B1010

muted

#7C7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C8B8A

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

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