#4CB8AC#4CB8AC

#4CB8AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 185.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8AC
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(173, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 6.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.60, -33.70, -3.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.60, 33.85, 185.38°)
OKLab	oklab(71.69% -0.0998 -0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(71.69% 0.1 185.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5641, 38.7932, 45.0569)
Luminance	0.3880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8AC #B84C58

analogous

#4CB876 #4CB8AC #4C8EB8

triadic

#4CB8AC #AC4CB8 #B8AC4C

tetradic

#4CB8AC #764CB8 #B84C58 #8EB84C

square

#4CB8AC #764CB8 #B84C58 #8EB84C

split-complementary

#4CB8AC #B84C8E #B8764C

monochromatic

#27635C #388E85 #4CB8AC #78C9C0 #A4DBD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4CB8AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4CB8AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8AC

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8AC	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA2AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 185.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec4',
    500: '#4cb8ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8ac;
$custom-light: #89cec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.333,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71692,
    "c": 0.10023,
    "h": 185.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8AC

secondary

#C8989D

accent

#5563D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8AC

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

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