#4CB8A6#4CB8A6

#4CB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 180.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8A6
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -35.27, -0.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 35.27, 180.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1025 -0.0009)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.103 180.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.0008, 38.5679, 42.0904)
Luminance	0.3857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8A6 #B84C5E

analogous

#4CB870 #4CB8A6 #4C94B8

triadic

#4CB8A6 #A64CB8 #B8A64C

tetradic

#4CB8A6 #704CB8 #B84C5E #94B84C

square

#4CB8A6 #704CB8 #B84C5E #94B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8A6 #B84C94 #B8704C

monochromatic

#276359 #388E80 #4CB8A6 #78C9BC #A4DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4CB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8A6

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8A6	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)

#B1AEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 180.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec0',
    500: '#4cb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8a6;
$custom-light: #89cec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71505,
    "c": 0.10253,
    "h": 180.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8A6

secondary

#C898A0

accent

#556AD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8A6

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

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