#4CB5BC#4CB5BC

#4CB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.096 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5BC
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.18, -27.87, -12.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.18, 30.59, 204.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.0896 -0.0349)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.096 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.5776, 38.2121, 53.4368)
Luminance	0.3821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5BC #BC534C

analogous

#4CBC8B #4CB5BC #4C7DBC

triadic

#4CB5BC #BC4CB5 #B5BC4C

tetradic

#4CB5BC #8B4CBC #BC534C #7DBC4C

square

#4CB5BC #8B4CBC #BC534C #7DBC4C

split-complementary

#4CB5BC #BC4C7D #BC8B4C

monochromatic

#276367 #378E94 #4CB5BC #79C7CD #A5DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4CB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.64

#4CB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5BC

8.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5BC	1.00	2.43	8.64	8.64
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.096 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd0',
    500: '#4cb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5bc;
$custom-light: #8acbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.75,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71507,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38215
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5BC

secondary

#CA9C99

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5BC

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

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