#4CB4C4#4CB4C4

#4CB4C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.097 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4C4
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 8.2%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -25.05, -17.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 30.33, 214.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0852 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.097 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2614, 38.1615, 58.0377)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4C4 #C45C4C

analogous

#4CC498 #4CB4C4 #4C78C4

triadic

#4CB4C4 #C44CB4 #B4C44C

tetradic

#4CB4C4 #984CC4 #C45C4C #78C44C

square

#4CB4C4 #984CC4 #C45C4C #78C44C

split-complementary

#4CB4C4 #C44C78 #C4984C

monochromatic

#256671 #34909F #4CB4C4 #7AC7D3 #A8DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB4C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4CB4C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4C4

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4C4	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5AEC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A0C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.097 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcad5',
    500: '#4cb4c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4c4;
$custom-light: #8bcad5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71563,
    "c": 0.09749,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4C4

secondary

#D0A39C

accent

#614EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4C4

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

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