#4CB496#4CB496

#4CB496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.107 H 171.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB496
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(163, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(163, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, -37.41, 6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 37.94, 170.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.1055 0.0162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.107 171.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.8042, 36.3786, 34.5629)
Luminance	0.3638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB496 #B44C6A

analogous

#4CB462 #4CB496 #4C9EB4

triadic

#4CB496 #964CB4 #B4964C

tetradic

#4CB496 #624CB4 #B44C6A #9EB44C

square

#4CB496 #624CB4 #B44C6A #9EB44C

split-complementary

#4CB496 #B44C9E #B4624C

monochromatic

#275E4E #3A8972 #4CB496 #77C6AF #A2D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4CB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#4CB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB496

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB496	1.00	2.54	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.107 171.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbb4',
    500: '#4cb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb496;
$custom-light: #88cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.692,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70045,
    "c": 0.10675,
    "h": 171.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB496

secondary

#C597A4

accent

#577AD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB496

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

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