#4CB4BC#4CB4BC

#4CB4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.096 H 202.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4BC
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -27.37, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 30.33, 205.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0885 -0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.096 202.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.3750, 37.8069, 53.3693)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4BC #BC544C

analogous

#4CBC8C #4CB4BC #4C7CBC

triadic

#4CB4BC #BC4CB4 #B4BC4C

tetradic

#4CB4BC #8C4CBC #BC544C #7CBC4C

square

#4CB4BC #8C4CBC #BC544C #7CBC4C

split-complementary

#4CB4BC #BC4C7C #BC8C4C

monochromatic

#276267 #378D94 #4CB4BC #79C7CD #A5D9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4CB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4CB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4BC

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4BC	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A0BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.096 202.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acad0',
    500: '#4cb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4bc;
$custom-light: #8acad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71266,
    "c": 0.09563,
    "h": 202.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4BC

secondary

#CA9D99

accent

#5C53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4BC

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

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