#4CB4AC#4CB4AC

#4CB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 188.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4AC
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.39, -31.81, -4.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.39, 32.19, 188.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0955 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.096 188.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.7449, 37.1549, 44.7839)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4AC #B44C54

analogous

#4CB478 #4CB4AC #4C88B4

triadic

#4CB4AC #AC4CB4 #B4AC4C

tetradic

#4CB4AC #784CB4 #B44C54 #88B44C

square

#4CB4AC #784CB4 #B44C54 #88B44C

split-complementary

#4CB4AC #B44C88 #B4784C

monochromatic

#275E5A #3A8983 #4CB4AC #77C6C0 #A2D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4CB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#4CB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4AC

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4AC	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 188.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc4',
    500: '#4cb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4ac;
$custom-light: #89cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.385,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70713,
    "c": 0.09647,
    "h": 188.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4AC

secondary

#C5979A

accent

#5760D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4AC

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

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