#4CB5B0#4CB5B0

#4CB5B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.097 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5B0
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 176)
HSL	hsl(177, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 2.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -31.21, -6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 31.89, 191.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0948 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.097 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3374, 37.7161, 46.9051)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5B0 #B54C51

analogous

#4CB57B #4CB5B0 #4C85B5

triadic

#4CB5B0 #B04CB5 #B5B04C

tetradic

#4CB5B0 #7B4CB5 #B54C51 #85B54C

square

#4CB5B0 #7B4CB5 #B54C51 #85B54C

split-complementary

#4CB5B0 #B54C85 #B57B4C

monochromatic

#275F5D #398B87 #4CB5B0 #77C7C3 #A3D9D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4CB5B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#4CB5B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5B0

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5B0	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.097 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc7',
    500: '#4cb5b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5b0;
$custom-light: #89cbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.143,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7109,
    "c": 0.09652,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5B0

secondary

#C69799

accent

#565CD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5B0

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

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