#4CB5C8#4CB5C8

#4CB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.099 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB5C8
RGB	rgb(76, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -24.38, -18.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 30.69, 217.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% -0.0846 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.099 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9254, 38.7513, 60.5350)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB5C8 #C85F4C

analogous

#4CC89D #4CB5C8 #4C77C8

triadic

#4CB5C8 #C84CB5 #B5C84C

tetradic

#4CB5C8 #9D4CC8 #C85F4C #77C84C

square

#4CB5C8 #9D4CC8 #C85F4C #77C84C

split-complementary

#4CB5C8 #C84C77 #C89D4C

monochromatic

#246975 #3293A4 #4CB5C8 #7BC8D6 #AADCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4CB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB5C8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB5C8	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.099 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd8',
    500: '#4cb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb5c8;
$custom-light: #8bcbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.194,
    "s": 52.991,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71955,
    "c": 0.09919,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB5C8

secondary

#D2A69E

accent

#624BDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB5C8

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

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