#4CB8A9#4CB8A9

#4CB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 182.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8A9
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -34.49, -1.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 34.53, 182.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1012 -0.005)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.101 182.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2792, 38.6793, 43.5567)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8A9 #B84C5B

analogous

#4CB873 #4CB8A9 #4C91B8

triadic

#4CB8A9 #A94CB8 #B8A94C

tetradic

#4CB8A9 #734CB8 #B84C5B #91B84C

square

#4CB8A9 #734CB8 #B84C5B #91B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8A9 #B84C91 #B8734C

monochromatic

#27635A #388E82 #4CB8A9 #78C9BE #A4DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4CB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8A9

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8A9	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 182.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec2',
    500: '#4cb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8a9;
$custom-light: #89cec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.667,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71598,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 182.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38682
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8A9

secondary

#C8989F

accent

#5566D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8A9

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

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