#4CB5BB#4CB5BB

#4CB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.096 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5BB
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, -28.15, -12.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 30.65, 203.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.09 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.096 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4702, 38.1692, 52.8711)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5BB #BB524C

analogous

#4CBB8A #4CB5BB #4C7EBB

triadic

#4CB5BB #BB4CB5 #B5BB4C

tetradic

#4CB5BB #8A4CBB #BB524C #7EBB4C

square

#4CB5BB #8A4CBB #BB524C #7EBB4C

split-complementary

#4CB5BB #BB4C7E #BB8A4C

monochromatic

#276266 #388D92 #4CB5BB #78C7CC #A5DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#4CB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5BB

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5BB	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)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.096 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbcf',
    500: '#4cb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5bb;
$custom-light: #8acbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.243,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71471,
    "c": 0.09607,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5BB

secondary

#CA9C99

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5BB

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

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