#4CB4C8#4CB4C8

#4CB4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.099 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB4C8
RGB	rgb(76, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -23.87, -19.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 30.57, 218.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.72% -0.0836 -0.053)
OKLCH	oklch(71.72% 0.099 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.7228, 38.3460, 60.4675)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB4C8 #C8604C

analogous

#4CC89E #4CB4C8 #4C76C8

triadic

#4CB4C8 #C84CB4 #B4C84C

tetradic

#4CB4C8 #9E4CC8 #C8604C #76C84C

square

#4CB4C8 #9E4CC8 #C8604C #76C84C

split-complementary

#4CB4C8 #C84C76 #C89E4C

monochromatic

#246875 #3292A4 #4CB4C8 #7BC8D6 #AADBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4CB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB4C8

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB4C8	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.099 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcad8',
    500: '#4cb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb4c8;
$custom-light: #8bcad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.677,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71717,
    "c": 0.09896,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB4C8

secondary

#D2A69E

accent

#634BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB4C8

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

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