#4CB5C7#4CB5C7

#4CB5C7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5C7
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 199)
HSL	hsl(189, 52%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -24.67, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 30.63, 216.33°)
OKLab	oklab(71.92% -0.085 -0.0503)
OKLCH	oklch(71.92% 0.099 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8089, 38.7047, 59.9215)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5C7 #C75E4C

analogous

#4CC79B #4CB5C7 #4C78C7

triadic

#4CB5C7 #C74CB5 #B5C74C

tetradic

#4CB5C7 #9B4CC7 #C75E4C #78C74C

square

#4CB5C7 #9B4CC7 #C75E4C #78C74C

split-complementary

#4CB5C7 #C74C78 #C79B4C

monochromatic

#246974 #3392A3 #4CB5C7 #7BC8D6 #A9DCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB5C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4CB5C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5C7

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5C7	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A1C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd8',
    500: '#4cb5c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5c7;
$custom-light: #8bcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 52.34,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71916,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5C7

secondary

#D2A59D

accent

#614CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5C7

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

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