#4CB2BC#4CB2BC

#4CB2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB2BC
RGB	rgb(76, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, -26.38, -13.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 29.85, 207.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.79% -0.0864 -0.0387)
OKLCH	oklch(70.79% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9742, 37.0053, 53.2357)
Luminance	0.3701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB2BC #BC564C

analogous

#4CBC8E #4CB2BC #4C7ABC

triadic

#4CB2BC #BC4CB2 #B2BC4C

tetradic

#4CB2BC #8E4CBC #BC564C #7ABC4C

square

#4CB2BC #8E4CBC #BC564C #7ABC4C

split-complementary

#4CB2BC #BC4C7A #BC8E4C

monochromatic

#276167 #378B94 #4CB2BC #79C5CD #A5D8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4CB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#4CB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB2BC

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB2BC	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949EBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac9d0',
    500: '#4cb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb2bc;
$custom-light: #8ac9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.357,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70785,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37008
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB2BC

secondary

#CA9E99

accent

#5E53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB2BC

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

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