#4CB8AA#4CB8AA

#4CB8AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8AA
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 170)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -34.23, -2.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 34.30, 183.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1007 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.101 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.3734, 38.7170, 44.0530)
Luminance	0.3872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8AA #B84C5A

analogous

#4CB874 #4CB8AA #4C90B8

triadic

#4CB8AA #AA4CB8 #B8AA4C

tetradic

#4CB8AA #744CB8 #B84C5A #90B84C

square

#4CB8AA #744CB8 #B84C5A #90B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8AA #B84C90 #B8744C

monochromatic

#27635B #388E83 #4CB8AA #78C9BF #A4DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB8AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4CB8AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8AA

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8AA	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)

#B0AEAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec3',
    500: '#4cb8aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8aa;
$custom-light: #89cec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.222,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71629,
    "c": 0.10092,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8AA

secondary

#C8989E

accent

#5565D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8AA

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

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