#4CB8A5#4CB8A5

#4CB8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 179.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8A5
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, -35.52, 0.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 35.52, 179.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.47% -0.103 0.0005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.47% 0.103 179.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9094, 38.5314, 41.6092)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8A5 #B84C5F

analogous

#4CB86F #4CB8A5 #4C95B8

triadic

#4CB8A5 #A54CB8 #B8A54C

tetradic

#4CB8A5 #6F4CB8 #B84C5F #95B84C

square

#4CB8A5 #6F4CB8 #B84C5F #95B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8A5 #B84C95 #B86F4C

monochromatic

#276358 #388E7F #4CB8A5 #78C9BB #A4DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4CB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8A5

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8A5	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 179.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cebf',
    500: '#4cb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8a5;
$custom-light: #89cebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.444,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71474,
    "c": 0.10298,
    "h": 179.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8A5

secondary

#C898A0

accent

#556BD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8A5

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

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