#4CB2AC#4CB2AC

#4CB2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.095 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2AC
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.79, -30.85, -5.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.79, 31.40, 190.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0933 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.095 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3440, 36.3532, 44.6503)
Luminance	0.3636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2AC #B24C52

analogous

#4CB279 #4CB2AC #4C85B2

triadic

#4CB2AC #AC4CB2 #B2AC4C

tetradic

#4CB2AC #794CB2 #B24C52 #85B24C

square

#4CB2AC #794CB2 #B24C52 #85B24C

split-complementary

#4CB2AC #B24C85 #B2794C

monochromatic

#275C59 #3A8783 #4CB2AC #76C5C0 #A1D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4CB2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#4CB2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2AC

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2AC	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A9AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989DAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.095 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c9c4',
    500: '#4cb2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2ac;
$custom-light: #88c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 40.157,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70224,
    "c": 0.0947,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2AC

secondary

#C49699

accent

#585FD0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2AC

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

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