#4CB399#4CB399

#4CB399 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.104 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB399
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 153)
HSL	hsl(165, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 0%, 14.5%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -36.23, 4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 36.49, 173.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.88% -0.103 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(69.88% 0.104 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(24.8477, 36.0742, 35.7844)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB399 #B34C66

analogous

#4CB365 #4CB399 #4C9AB3

triadic

#4CB399 #994CB3 #B3994C

tetradic

#4CB399 #654CB3 #B34C66 #9AB34C

square

#4CB399 #654CB3 #B34C66 #9AB34C

split-complementary

#4CB399 #B34C9A #B3654C

monochromatic

#285D50 #3A8874 #4CB399 #77C5B1 #A2D7CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#4CB399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#4CB399 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB399

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB399	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)

#ADA998

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.104 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87cab7',
    500: '#4cb399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb399;
$custom-light: #87cab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.854,
    "s": 40.392,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69881,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB399

secondary

#C496A2

accent

#5876D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB399

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

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