#4CB4AA#4CB4AA

#4CB4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.097 H 186.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4AA
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -32.34, -3.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 32.58, 186.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% -0.0964 -0.0111)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.097 186.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5543, 37.0786, 43.7799)
Luminance	0.3708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4AA #B44C56

analogous

#4CB476 #4CB4AA #4C8AB4

triadic

#4CB4AA #AA4CB4 #B4AA4C

tetradic

#4CB4AA #764CB4 #B44C56 #8AB44C

square

#4CB4AA #764CB4 #B44C56 #8AB44C

split-complementary

#4CB4AA #B44C8A #B4764C

monochromatic

#275E59 #3A8982 #4CB4AA #77C6BE #A2D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#4CB4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#4CB4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4AA

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4AA	1.00	2.50	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.097 186.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc3',
    500: '#4cb4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4aa;
$custom-light: #88cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.231,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70648,
    "c": 0.097,
    "h": 186.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4AA

secondary

#C5979B

accent

#5763D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4AA

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

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