#4CB596#4CB596

#4CB596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.108 H 170.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB596
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(162, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.11, -37.86, 6.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.11, 38.47, 169.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.1066 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.108 170.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.0068, 36.7838, 34.6304)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB596 #B54C6B

analogous

#4CB561 #4CB596 #4C9FB5

triadic

#4CB596 #964CB5 #B5964C

tetradic

#4CB596 #614CB5 #B54C6B #9FB54C

square

#4CB596 #614CB5 #B54C6B #9FB54C

split-complementary

#4CB596 #B54C9F #B5614C

monochromatic

#275F4F #398B73 #4CB596 #77C7AF #A3D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4CB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#4CB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB596

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB596	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#02B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.108 170.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccb4',
    500: '#4cb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb596;
$custom-light: #88ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.286,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70294,
    "c": 0.10802,
    "h": 170.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB596

secondary

#C697A5

accent

#567BD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB596

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

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