#4CB5A4#4CB5A4

#4CB5A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.100 H 181.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5A4
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 164)
HSL	hsl(170, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 9.4%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.47, -34.38, -0.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.47, 34.39, 180.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.1002 -0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.1 181)
XYZ	xyz(26.2022, 37.2620, 40.9262)
Luminance	0.3726 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5A4 #B54C5D

analogous

#4CB570 #4CB5A4 #4C91B5

triadic

#4CB5A4 #A44CB5 #B5A44C

tetradic

#4CB5A4 #704CB5 #B54C5D #91B54C

square

#4CB5A4 #704CB5 #B54C5D #91B54C

split-complementary

#4CB5A4 #B54C91 #B5704C

monochromatic

#275F56 #398B7D #4CB5A4 #77C7BA #A3D9D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4CB5A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#4CB5A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5A4

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5A4	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEABA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E9FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.100 181.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbbe',
    500: '#4cb5a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5a4;
$custom-light: #88cbbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.286,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70704,
    "c": 0.10017,
    "h": 181
  },
  "luminance": 0.37265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5A4

secondary

#C6979F

accent

#566AD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5A4

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

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