#4CB8A4#4CB8A4

#4CB8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.103 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8A4
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -35.78, 0.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 35.79, 178.54°)
OKLab	oklab(71.44% -0.1034 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(71.44% 0.103 179)
XYZ	xyz(26.8188, 38.4951, 41.1317)
Luminance	0.3850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8A4 #B84C60

analogous

#4CB86E #4CB8A4 #4C96B8

triadic

#4CB8A4 #A44CB8 #B8A44C

tetradic

#4CB8A4 #6E4CB8 #B84C60 #96B84C

square

#4CB8A4 #6E4CB8 #B84C60 #96B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8A4 #B84C96 #B86E4C

monochromatic

#276358 #388E7E #4CB8A4 #78C9BA #A4DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4CB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8A4

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8A4	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.103 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cebe',
    500: '#4cb8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8a4;
$custom-light: #89cebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.889,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71444,
    "c": 0.10346,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.38498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8A4

secondary

#C898A1

accent

#556CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8A4

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

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