#4CB5BE#4CB5BE

#4CB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.096 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5BE
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -27.29, -13.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 30.51, 206.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.0887 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.096 203)
XYZ	xyz(28.7947, 38.2990, 54.5802)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5BE #BE554C

analogous

#4CBE8E #4CB5BE #4C7CBE

triadic

#4CB5BE #BE4CB5 #B5BE4C

tetradic

#4CB5BE #8E4CBE #BE554C #7CBE4C

square

#4CB5BE #8E4CBE #BE554C #7CBE4C

split-complementary

#4CB5BE #BE4C7C #BE8E4C

monochromatic

#266469 #378F96 #4CB5BE #79C8CE #A6DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#4CB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5BE

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5BE	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.096 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd1',
    500: '#4cb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5be;
$custom-light: #8acbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7158,
    "c": 0.09644,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.38302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5BE

secondary

#CC9E9A

accent

#5C51D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5BE

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

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