#4CB4BF#4CB4BF

#4CB4BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.096 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4BF
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 191)
HSL	hsl(186, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -26.51, -14.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 30.26, 208.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.0873 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.096 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7018, 37.9376, 55.0902)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4BF #BF574C

analogous

#4CBF90 #4CB4BF #4C7BBF

triadic

#4CB4BF #BF4CB4 #B4BF4C

tetradic

#4CB4BF #904CBF #BF574C #7BBF4C

square

#4CB4BF #904CBF #BF574C #7BBF4C

split-complementary

#4CB4BF #BF4C7B #BF904C

monochromatic

#26646B #368E98 #4CB4BF #79C7CF #A6DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4CB4BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#4CB4BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4BF

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4BF	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7ADC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A0BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.096 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acad2',
    500: '#4cb4bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4bf;
$custom-light: #8acad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71376,
    "c": 0.09615,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4BF

secondary

#CC9F9A

accent

#5E51D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4BF

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

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