#4CB7BC#4CB7BC

#4CB7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB7BC
RGB	rgb(76, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -28.85, -11.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 31.14, 202.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.99% -0.0917 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(71.99% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9872, 39.0313, 53.5734)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB7BC #BC514C

analogous

#4CBC89 #4CB7BC #4C7FBC

triadic

#4CB7BC #BC4CB7 #B7BC4C

tetradic

#4CB7BC #894CBC #BC514C #7FBC4C

square

#4CB7BC #894CBC #BC514C #7FBC4C

split-complementary

#4CB7BC #BC4C7F #BC894C

monochromatic

#276467 #378F94 #4CB7BC #79C9CD #A5DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4CB7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB7BC

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB7BC	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd0',
    500: '#4cb7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb7bc;
$custom-light: #8acdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.679,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71989,
    "c": 0.09732,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB7BC

secondary

#CA9C99

accent

#5853D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB7BC

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

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