#4CB5C4#4CB5C4

#4CB5C4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 208.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5C4
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 196)
HSL	hsl(188, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 7.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -25.56, -16.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 30.50, 213.07°)
OKLab	oklab(71.8% -0.0863 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(71.8% 0.098 208.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.4640, 38.5667, 58.1052)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5C4 #C45B4C

analogous

#4CC497 #4CB5C4 #4C79C4

triadic

#4CB5C4 #C44CB5 #B5C44C

tetradic

#4CB5C4 #974CC4 #C45B4C #79C44C

square

#4CB5C4 #974CC4 #C45B4C #79C44C

split-complementary

#4CB5C4 #C44C79 #C4974C

monochromatic

#256771 #34919F #4CB5C4 #7AC8D3 #A8DBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB5C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4CB5C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5C4

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5C4	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7AFC5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A1C4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 208.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd5',
    500: '#4cb5c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5c4;
$custom-light: #8bcbd5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 50.42,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71802,
    "c": 0.09782,
    "h": 208.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5C4

secondary

#D0A39C

accent

#5F4EDA

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5C4

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

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