#4CB3BC#4CB3BC

#4CB3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.095 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB3BC
RGB	rgb(76, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -26.88, -13.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 30.09, 206.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0874 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.095 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1739, 37.4047, 53.3022)
Luminance	0.3741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB3BC #BC554C

analogous

#4CBC8D #4CB3BC #4C7BBC

triadic

#4CB3BC #BC4CB3 #B3BC4C

tetradic

#4CB3BC #8D4CBC #BC554C #7BBC4C

square

#4CB3BC #8D4CBC #BC554C #7BBC4C

split-complementary

#4CB3BC #BC4C7B #BC8D4C

monochromatic

#276267 #378C94 #4CB3BC #79C6CD #A5D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4CB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#4CB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB3BC

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB3BC	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.095 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acad0',
    500: '#4cb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb3bc;
$custom-light: #8acad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.821,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.09512,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB3BC

secondary

#CA9D99

accent

#5D53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB3BC

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

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