#4CB5A7#4CB5A7

#4CB5A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.099 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5A7
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 167)
HSL	hsl(172, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 7.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.55, -33.61, -1.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.55, 33.66, 183.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.8% -0.0988 -0.0058)
OKLCH	oklch(70.8% 0.099 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4763, 37.3716, 42.3699)
Luminance	0.3737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5A7 #B54C5A

analogous

#4CB572 #4CB5A7 #4C8EB5

triadic

#4CB5A7 #A74CB5 #B5A74C

tetradic

#4CB5A7 #724CB5 #B54C5A #8EB54C

square

#4CB5A7 #724CB5 #B54C5A #8EB54C

split-complementary

#4CB5A7 #B54C8E #B5724C

monochromatic

#275F58 #398B80 #4CB5A7 #77C7BC #A3D9D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4CB5A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#4CB5A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5A7

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5A7	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADACA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA0A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.099 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbc1',
    500: '#4cb5a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5a7;
$custom-light: #88cbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70798,
    "c": 0.09897,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5A7

secondary

#C6979D

accent

#5667D1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5A7

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

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