#4CB8AB#4CB8AB

#4CB8AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.101 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8AB
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 171)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 7.1%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -33.97, -2.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 34.07, 184.48°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1003 -0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.101 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4684, 38.7550, 44.5530)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8AB #B84C59

analogous

#4CB875 #4CB8AB #4C8FB8

triadic

#4CB8AB #AB4CB8 #B8AB4C

tetradic

#4CB8AB #754CB8 #B84C59 #8FB84C

square

#4CB8AB #754CB8 #B84C59 #8FB84C

split-complementary

#4CB8AB #B84C8F #B8754C

monochromatic

#27635B #388E84 #4CB8AB #78C9C0 #A4DBD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB8AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4CB8AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8AB

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8AB	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.101 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec4',
    500: '#4cb8ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8ab;
$custom-light: #89cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.778,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71661,
    "c": 0.10057,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8AB

secondary

#C8989E

accent

#5564D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8AB

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

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