#4CA8A5#4CA8A5

#4CA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.087 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CA8A5
RGB	rgb(76, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 55%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -27.88, -6.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 28.69, 193.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% -0.0853 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.087 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.7718, 32.2561, 40.5633)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CA8A5 #A84C4F

analogous

#4CA877 #4CA8A5 #4C7DA8

triadic

#4CA8A5 #A54CA8 #A8A54C

tetradic

#4CA8A5 #774CA8 #A84C4F #7DA84C

square

#4CA8A5 #774CA8 #A84C4F #7DA84C

split-complementary

#4CA8A5 #A84C7D #A8774C

monochromatic

#265452 #397E7C #4CA8A5 #72BFBD #9CD2D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4CA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#4CA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CA8A5

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CA8A5	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ca8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.087 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c2bf',
    500: '#4ca8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ca8a5;
$custom-light: #87c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ca8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.043,
    "s": 37.705,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6754,
    "c": 0.08731,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CA8A5

secondary

#BF9192

accent

#5A5ECE

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CA8A5

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

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