#4CB8AE#4CB8AE

#4CB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.100 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8AE
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, -33.17, -4.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 33.44, 187.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% -0.0989 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.1 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.7576, 38.8706, 46.0761)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8AE #B84C56

analogous

#4CB878 #4CB8AE #4C8CB8

triadic

#4CB8AE #AE4CB8 #B8AE4C

tetradic

#4CB8AE #784CB8 #B84C56 #8CB84C

square

#4CB8AE #784CB8 #B84C56 #8CB84C

split-complementary

#4CB8AE #B84C8C #B8784C

monochromatic

#27635D #388E86 #4CB8AE #78C9C2 #A4DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4CB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8AE

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8AE	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.100 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec6',
    500: '#4cb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8ae;
$custom-light: #89cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.444,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71757,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8AE

secondary

#C8989C

accent

#5561D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8AE

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

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