#4CB5AC#4CB5AC

#4CB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5AC
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.70, -32.28, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.70, 32.60, 187.95°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.0966 -0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.097 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9475, 37.5601, 44.8514)
Luminance	0.3756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5AC #B54C55

analogous

#4CB577 #4CB5AC #4C89B5

triadic

#4CB5AC #AC4CB5 #B5AC4C

tetradic

#4CB5AC #774CB5 #B54C55 #89B54C

square

#4CB5AC #774CB5 #B54C55 #89B54C

split-complementary

#4CB5AC #B54C89 #B5774C

monochromatic

#275F5A #398B84 #4CB5AC #77C7C0 #A3D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4CB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#4CB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5AC

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5AC	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc4',
    500: '#4cb5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5ac;
$custom-light: #89cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70958,
    "c": 0.09739,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5AC

secondary

#C6979B

accent

#5661D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5AC

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

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