#4CB4AD#4CB4AD

#4CB4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4AD
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 173)
HSL	hsl(176, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 3.9%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -31.54, -5.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 32.01, 189.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.095 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.096 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8413, 37.1934, 45.2916)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4AD #B44C53

analogous

#4CB479 #4CB4AD #4C87B4

triadic

#4CB4AD #AD4CB4 #B4AD4C

tetradic

#4CB4AD #794CB4 #B44C53 #87B44C

square

#4CB4AD #794CB4 #B44C53 #87B44C

split-complementary

#4CB4AD #B44C87 #B4794C

monochromatic

#275E5A #3A8984 #4CB4AD #77C6C1 #A2D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4CB4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#4CB4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4AD

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4AD	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc5',
    500: '#4cb4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4ad;
$custom-light: #89cbc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.962,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70746,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4AD

secondary

#C5979A

accent

#575FD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4AD

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

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