#4CABA5#4CABA5

#4CABA5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.090 H 189.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CABA5
RGB	rgb(76, 171, 165)
HSL	hsl(176, 38%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.6%, 0%, 3.5%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.46, -29.35, -5.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.46, 29.84, 190.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0886 -0.0151)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.09 189.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.3320, 33.3766, 40.7501)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CABA5 #AB4C52

analogous

#4CAB75 #4CABA5 #4C81AB

triadic

#4CABA5 #A54CAB #ABA54C

tetradic

#4CABA5 #754CAB #AB4C52 #81AB4C

square

#4CABA5 #754CAB #AB4C52 #81AB4C

split-complementary

#4CABA5 #AB4C81 #AB754C

monochromatic

#265653 #39817C #4CABA5 #73C1BC #9ED4D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4CABA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#4CABA5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CABA5

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CABA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CABA5	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2A3A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9398A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4caba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 171, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.090 189.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c4bf',
    500: '#4caba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4caba5;
$custom-light: #87c4bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4caba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.211,
    "s": 38.462,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68276,
    "c": 0.08991,
    "h": 189.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CABA5

secondary

#C09295

accent

#5961CE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CABA5

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

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