#4CB599#4CB599

#4CB599 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.106 H 172.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB599
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 153)
HSL	hsl(164, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 15.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.19, -37.14, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.19, 37.51, 171.98°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.1052 0.0133)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.106 172.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.2514, 36.8817, 35.9189)
Luminance	0.3688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB599 #B54C68

analogous

#4CB564 #4CB599 #4C9CB5

triadic

#4CB599 #994CB5 #B5994C

tetradic

#4CB599 #644CB5 #B54C68 #9CB54C

square

#4CB599 #644CB5 #B54C68 #9CB54C

split-complementary

#4CB599 #B54C9C #B5644C

monochromatic

#275F50 #398B75 #4CB599 #77C7B2 #A3D9CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4CB599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#4CB599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB599

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB599	1.00	2.51	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.106 172.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ccb7',
    500: '#4cb599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb599;
$custom-light: #88ccb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70378,
    "c": 0.10605,
    "h": 172.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB599

secondary

#C697A3

accent

#5677D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB599

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

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