#4CB8A2#4CB8A2

#4CB8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 177.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8A2
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -36.28, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 36.33, 176.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.38% -0.1043 0.0046)
OKLCH	oklch(71.38% 0.104 177.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.6396, 38.4234, 40.1880)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8A2 #B84C62

analogous

#4CB86C #4CB8A2 #4C98B8

triadic

#4CB8A2 #A24CB8 #B8A24C

tetradic

#4CB8A2 #6C4CB8 #B84C62 #98B84C

square

#4CB8A2 #6C4CB8 #B84C62 #98B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8A2 #B84C98 #B86C4C

monochromatic

#276356 #388E7D #4CB8A2 #78C9B9 #A4DBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4CB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8A2

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8A2	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 177.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cebd',
    500: '#4cb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8a2;
$custom-light: #89cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.778,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71384,
    "c": 0.10445,
    "h": 177.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8A2

secondary

#C898A2

accent

#556FD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8A2

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

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