#4CB4AE#4CB4AE

#4CB4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.096 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4AE
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(177, 41%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -31.27, -5.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 31.83, 190.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0946 -0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.096 190)
XYZ	xyz(26.9384, 37.2323, 45.8031)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4AE #B44C52

analogous

#4CB47A #4CB4AE #4C86B4

triadic

#4CB4AE #AE4CB4 #B4AE4C

tetradic

#4CB4AE #7A4CB4 #B44C52 #86B44C

square

#4CB4AE #7A4CB4 #B44C52 #86B44C

split-complementary

#4CB4AE #B44C86 #B47A4C

monochromatic

#275E5B #3A8985 #4CB4AE #77C6C2 #A2D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4CB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#4CB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4AE

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4AE	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.096 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc6',
    500: '#4cb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4ae;
$custom-light: #89cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.538,
    "s": 40.945,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70779,
    "c": 0.09604,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.37235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4AE

secondary

#C59799

accent

#575ED1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4AE

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

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