#4CB196#4CB196

#4CB196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB196
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 150)
HSL	hsl(164, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 57%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 15.3%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -36.04, 5.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 36.39, 172.07°)
OKLab	oklab(69.3% -0.1022 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(69.3% 0.103 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.2051, 35.1805, 34.3632)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB196 #B14C67

analogous

#4CB163 #4CB196 #4C9AB1

triadic

#4CB196 #964CB1 #B1964C

tetradic

#4CB196 #634CB1 #B14C67 #9AB14C

square

#4CB196 #634CB1 #B14C67 #9AB14C

split-complementary

#4CB196 #B14C9A #B1634C

monochromatic

#275B4D #3A8672 #4CB196 #76C4AF #A1D7C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#4CB196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#4CB196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB196

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB196	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c9b4',
    500: '#4cb196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb196;
$custom-light: #87c9b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.96,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69297,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB196

secondary

#C395A2

accent

#5878D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB196

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

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