#4CB2A5#4CB2A5

#4CB2A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.097 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2A5
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 165)
HSL	hsl(172, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -32.71, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 32.79, 183.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70% -0.0964 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(70% 0.097 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6894, 36.0914, 41.2025)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2A5 #B24C59

analogous

#4CB272 #4CB2A5 #4C8CB2

triadic

#4CB2A5 #A54CB2 #B2A54C

tetradic

#4CB2A5 #724CB2 #B24C59 #8CB24C

square

#4CB2A5 #724CB2 #B24C59 #8CB24C

split-complementary

#4CB2A5 #B24C8C #B2724C

monochromatic

#275C55 #3A877D #4CB2A5 #76C5BB #A1D7D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4CB2A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#4CB2A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2A5

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2A5	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA9A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9DA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.097 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9bf',
    500: '#4cb2a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2a5;
$custom-light: #88c9bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.353,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69997,
    "c": 0.09664,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2A5

secondary

#C4969C

accent

#5867D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2A5

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

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