#4CB5B3#4CB5B3

#4CB5B3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.096 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5B3
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 179)
HSL	hsl(179, 42%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 0%, 1.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.90, -30.39, -8.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.90, 31.44, 194.88°)
OKLab	oklab(71.19% -0.0935 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(71.19% 0.096 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.6375, 37.8361, 48.4857)
Luminance	0.3784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5B3 #B54C4E

analogous

#4CB57E #4CB5B3 #4C82B5

triadic

#4CB5B3 #B34CB5 #B5B34C

tetradic

#4CB5B3 #7E4CB5 #B54C4E #82B54C

square

#4CB5B3 #7E4CB5 #B54C4E #82B54C

split-complementary

#4CB5B3 #B54C82 #B57E4C

monochromatic

#275F5E #398B89 #4CB5B3 #77C7C5 #A3D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4CB5B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#4CB5B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5B3

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5B3	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.096 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc9',
    500: '#4cb5b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5b3;
$custom-light: #89cbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.857,
    "s": 41.502,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71191,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5B3

secondary

#C69798

accent

#5659D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5B3

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

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