#4CB5C2#4CB5C2

#4CB5C2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.097 H 206.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5C2
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 194)
HSL	hsl(187, 49%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.8%, 6.7%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -26.14, -15.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 30.46, 210.90°)
OKLab	oklab(71.73% -0.0871 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(71.73% 0.097 206.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.2379, 38.4763, 56.9143)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5C2 #C2594C

analogous

#4CC294 #4CB5C2 #4C7AC2

triadic

#4CB5C2 #C24CB5 #B5C24C

tetradic

#4CB5C2 #944CC2 #C2594C #7AC24C

square

#4CB5C2 #944CC2 #C2594C #7AC24C

split-complementary

#4CB5C2 #C24C7A #C2944C

monochromatic

#26666E #35909C #4CB5C2 #7AC8D2 #A7DBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB5C2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4CB5C2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5C2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5C2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5C2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AEC3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5c2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.097 206.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbd4',
    500: '#4cb5c2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5c2;
$custom-light: #8acbd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5c2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.61,
    "s": 49.167,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71727,
    "c": 0.09727,
    "h": 206.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5C2

secondary

#CEA19B

accent

#5E4FD9

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5C2

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

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