#4CB8AF#4CB8AF

#4CB8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.099 H 187.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8AF
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -32.91, -4.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 33.24, 188.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.79% -0.0985 -0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(71.79% 0.099 187.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8554, 38.9098, 46.5915)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8AF #B84C55

analogous

#4CB879 #4CB8AF #4C8BB8

triadic

#4CB8AF #AF4CB8 #B8AF4C

tetradic

#4CB8AF #794CB8 #B84C55 #8BB84C

square

#4CB8AF #794CB8 #B84C55 #8BB84C

split-complementary

#4CB8AF #B84C8B #B8794C

monochromatic

#27635E #388E87 #4CB8AF #78C9C3 #A4DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4CB8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#4CB8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8AF

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8AF	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.099 187.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec6',
    500: '#4cb8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8af;
$custom-light: #89cec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71789,
    "c": 0.09936,
    "h": 187.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8AF

secondary

#C8989C

accent

#555FD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8AF

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

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