#4CB4A0#4CB4A0

#4CB4A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 178.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4A0
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 160)
HSL	hsl(168, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 11.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.06, -34.94, 1.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.06, 34.96, 178.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.1009 0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.101 178.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6440, 36.7145, 38.9861)
Luminance	0.3672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4A0 #B44C60

analogous

#4CB46C #4CB4A0 #4C94B4

triadic

#4CB4A0 #A04CB4 #B4A04C

tetradic

#4CB4A0 #6C4CB4 #B44C60 #94B44C

square

#4CB4A0 #6C4CB4 #B44C60 #94B44C

split-complementary

#4CB4A0 #B44C94 #B46C4C

monochromatic

#275E54 #3A897A #4CB4A0 #77C6B7 #A2D8CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#4CB4A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#4CB4A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4A0

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4A0	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADAA9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D9EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 178.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbbc',
    500: '#4cb4a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4a0;
$custom-light: #88cbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70335,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 178.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4A0

secondary

#C597A0

accent

#576ED1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4A0

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

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