#4CB1BC#4CB1BC

#4CB1BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.094 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB1BC
RGB	rgb(76, 177, 188)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 5.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -25.88, -14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 29.63, 209.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% -0.0853 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.094 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7759, 36.6088, 53.1696)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB1BC #BC574C

analogous

#4CBC8F #4CB1BC #4C79BC

triadic

#4CB1BC #BC4CB1 #B1BC4C

tetradic

#4CB1BC #8F4CBC #BC574C #79BC4C

square

#4CB1BC #8F4CBC #BC574C #79BC4C

split-complementary

#4CB1BC #BC4C79 #BC8F4C

monochromatic

#276167 #378A94 #4CB1BC #79C4CD #A5D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4CB1BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#4CB1BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB1BC

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB1BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB1BC	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#939EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb1bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 177, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.094 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8d0',
    500: '#4cb1bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb1bc;
$custom-light: #8ac8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb1bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.893,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70544,
    "c": 0.09418,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB1BC

secondary

#CA9E99

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB1BC

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

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