#4CAE96#4CAE96

#4CAE96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.099 H 174.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CAE96
RGB	rgb(76, 174, 150)
HSL	hsl(165, 39%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(165, 56%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 0%, 13.8%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -34.66, 3.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 34.85, 173.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0988 0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.099 174.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.6191, 34.0084, 34.1678)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CAE96 #AE4C64

analogous

#4CAE65 #4CAE96 #4C95AE

triadic

#4CAE96 #964CAE #AE964C

tetradic

#4CAE96 #654CAE #AE4C64 #95AE4C

square

#4CAE96 #654CAE #AE4C64 #95AE4C

split-complementary

#4CAE96 #AE4C95 #AE654C

monochromatic

#27594D #398371 #4CAE96 #75C3AF #9FD5C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#4CAE96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#4CAE96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CAE96

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CAE96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CAE96	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9998

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0CB0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cae96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 174, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.099 174.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c6b4',
    500: '#4cae96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cae96;
$custom-light: #87c6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cae96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.306,
    "s": 39.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68549,
    "c": 0.09927,
    "h": 174.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CAE96

secondary

#C2949F

accent

#5976CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CAE96

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

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