#4CB0BC#4CB0BC

#4CB0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.094 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB0BC
RGB	rgb(76, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -25.38, -14.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 29.41, 210.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0842 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.094 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5792, 36.2152, 53.1040)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB0BC #BC584C

analogous

#4CBC90 #4CB0BC #4C78BC

triadic

#4CB0BC #BC4CB0 #B0BC4C

tetradic

#4CB0BC #904CBC #BC584C #78BC4C

square

#4CB0BC #904CBC #BC584C #78BC4C

split-complementary

#4CB0BC #BC4C78 #BC904C

monochromatic

#276067 #378A94 #4CB0BC #79C4CD #A5D7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#4CB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#4CB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB0BC

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB0BC	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.094 206.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c8d0',
    500: '#4cb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb0bc;
$custom-light: #89c8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.429,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70304,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB0BC

secondary

#CA9F99

accent

#6153D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB0BC

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

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