#4CB5BA#4CB5BA

#4CB5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.096 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5BA
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 2.7%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -28.43, -11.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 30.71, 202.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.0904 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.096 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3635, 38.1265, 52.3092)
Luminance	0.3813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5BA #BA514C

analogous

#4CBA88 #4CB5BA #4C7EBA

triadic

#4CB5BA #BA4CB5 #B5BA4C

tetradic

#4CB5BA #884CBA #BA514C #7EBA4C

square

#4CB5BA #884CBA #BA514C #7EBA4C

split-complementary

#4CB5BA #BA4C7E #BA884C

monochromatic

#276265 #388D91 #4CB5BA #78C7CB #A4DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4CB5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5BA

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5BA	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.096 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbce',
    500: '#4cb5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5ba;
$custom-light: #8acbce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71435,
    "c": 0.09599,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5BA

secondary

#C99B99

accent

#5A54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5BA

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

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