#4CA3AF#4CA3AF

#4CA3AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.085 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA3AF
RGB	rgb(76, 163, 175)
HSL	hsl(187, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 6.9%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -22.55, -14.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 26.62, 212.10°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0754 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.085 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8124, 30.8237, 45.2438)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA3AF #AF584C

analogous

#4CAF8A #4CA3AF #4C72AF

triadic

#4CA3AF #AF4CA3 #A3AF4C

tetradic

#4CA3AF #8A4CAF #AF584C #72AF4C

square

#4CA3AF #8A4CAF #AF584C #72AF4C

split-complementary

#4CA3AF #AF4C72 #AF8A4C

monochromatic

#27545A #397B84 #4CA3AF #75BAC3 #A0CFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#4CA3AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#4CA3AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA3AF

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA3AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA3AF	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca3af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 163, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.085 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bec6',
    500: '#4ca3af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca3af;
$custom-light: #87bec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca3af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.273,
    "s": 39.442,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66682,
    "c": 0.0849,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA3AF

secondary

#C29A94

accent

#6758CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA3AF

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

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