#4CA8A2#4CA8A2

#4CA8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.088 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8A2
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -28.69, -5.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 29.16, 190.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.44% -0.0866 -0.0145)
OKLCH	oklch(67.44% 0.088 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.5019, 32.1481, 39.1421)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8A2 #A84C52

analogous

#4CA874 #4CA8A2 #4C80A8

triadic

#4CA8A2 #A24CA8 #A8A24C

tetradic

#4CA8A2 #744CA8 #A84C52 #80A84C

square

#4CA8A2 #744CA8 #A84C52 #80A84C

split-complementary

#4CA8A2 #A84C80 #A8744C

monochromatic

#265451 #397E79 #4CA8A2 #72BFBA #9CD2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4CA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#4CA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8A2

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8A2	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.088 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2bd',
    500: '#4ca8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8a2;
$custom-light: #87c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.087,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67439,
    "c": 0.08782,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8A2

secondary

#BF9194

accent

#5A62CE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8A2

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

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