#4CB6BD#4CB6BD

#4CB6BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.097 H 201.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB6BD
RGB	rgb(76, 182, 189)
HSL	hsl(184, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -28.07, -12.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 30.80, 204.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0902 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.097 201.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8899, 38.6635, 54.0745)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB6BD #BD534C

analogous

#4CBD8C #4CB6BD #4C7EBD

triadic

#4CB6BD #BD4CB6 #B6BD4C

tetradic

#4CB6BD #8C4CBD #BD534C #7EBD4C

square

#4CB6BD #8C4CBD #BD534C #7EBD4C

split-complementary

#4CB6BD #BD4C7E #BD8C4C

monochromatic

#266468 #378F95 #4CB6BD #79C8CD #A5DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB6BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4CB6BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB6BD

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB6BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB6BD	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AFBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb6bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 182, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.097 201.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8accd0',
    500: '#4cb6bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb6bd;
$custom-light: #8accd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb6bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.717,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71784,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 201.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB6BD

secondary

#CB9D9A

accent

#5A52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB6BD

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

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