#4CA8A4#4CA8A4

#4CA8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.087 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8A4
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -28.15, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 28.83, 192.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0857 -0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.087 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.6811, 32.2198, 40.0858)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8A4 #A84C50

analogous

#4CA876 #4CA8A4 #4C7EA8

triadic

#4CA8A4 #A44CA8 #A8A44C

tetradic

#4CA8A4 #764CA8 #A84C50 #7EA84C

square

#4CA8A4 #764CA8 #A84C50 #7EA84C

split-complementary

#4CA8A4 #A84C7E #A8764C

monochromatic

#265452 #397E7B #4CA8A4 #72BFBC #9CD2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4CA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4CA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8A4

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8A4	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.087 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2be',
    500: '#4ca8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8a4;
$custom-light: #87c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.391,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67506,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8A4

secondary

#BF9193

accent

#5A5FCE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8A4

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

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