#4CB8A8#4CB8A8

#4CB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.102 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8A8
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -34.75, -1.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 34.77, 181.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1016 -0.0036)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.102 182)
XYZ	xyz(27.1857, 38.6419, 43.0641)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8A8 #B84C5C

analogous

#4CB872 #4CB8A8 #4C92B8

triadic

#4CB8A8 #A84CB8 #B8A84C

tetradic

#4CB8A8 #724CB8 #B84C5C #92B84C

square

#4CB8A8 #724CB8 #B84C5C #92B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8A8 #B84C92 #B8724C

monochromatic

#27635A #388E82 #4CB8A8 #78C9BD #A4DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4CB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4CB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8A8

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8A8	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.102 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec1',
    500: '#4cb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8a8;
$custom-light: #89cec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.111,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71566,
    "c": 0.10168,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.38645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8A8

secondary

#C8989F

accent

#5568D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8A8

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

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