#4CB4BA#4CB4BA

#4CB4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.095 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4BA
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -27.94, -12.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 30.43, 203.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0894 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.095 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.1609, 37.7213, 52.2417)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4BA #BA524C

analogous

#4CBA89 #4CB4BA #4C7DBA

triadic

#4CB4BA #BA4CB4 #B4BA4C

tetradic

#4CB4BA #894CBA #BA524C #7DBA4C

square

#4CB4BA #894CBA #BA524C #7DBA4C

split-complementary

#4CB4BA #BA4C7D #BA894C

monochromatic

#276165 #388C91 #4CB4BA #78C7CB #A4D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4CB4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#4CB4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4BA

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4BA	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.095 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbce',
    500: '#4cb4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4ba;
$custom-light: #8acbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.273,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71194,
    "c": 0.0954,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4BA

secondary

#C99B99

accent

#5B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4BA

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

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