#4CB5AE#4CB5AE

#4CB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.097 H 189.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5AE
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -31.75, -5.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 32.23, 189.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.0957 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.097 189.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1410, 37.6375, 45.8706)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5AE #B54C53

analogous

#4CB579 #4CB5AE #4C87B5

triadic

#4CB5AE #AE4CB5 #B5AE4C

tetradic

#4CB5AE #794CB5 #B54C53 #87B54C

square

#4CB5AE #794CB5 #B54C53 #87B54C

split-complementary

#4CB5AE #B54C87 #B5794C

monochromatic

#275F5C #398B85 #4CB5AE #77C7C2 #A3D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4CB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#4CB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5AE

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5AE	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.097 189.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc6',
    500: '#4cb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5ae;
$custom-light: #89cbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71024,
    "c": 0.09691,
    "h": 189.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5AE

secondary

#C6979A

accent

#565FD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5AE

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

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