#4CB8B2#4CB8B2

#4CB8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.099 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8B2
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.77, -32.10, -6.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.77, 32.70, 190.98°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% -0.0971 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.099 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.1533, 39.0290, 48.1605)
Luminance	0.3903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8B2 #B84C52

analogous

#4CB87C #4CB8B2 #4C88B8

triadic

#4CB8B2 #B24CB8 #B8B24C

tetradic

#4CB8B2 #7C4CB8 #B84C52 #88B84C

square

#4CB8B2 #7C4CB8 #B84C52 #88B84C

split-complementary

#4CB8B2 #B84C88 #B87C4C

monochromatic

#27635F #388E8A #4CB8B2 #78C9C5 #A4DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4CB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#4CB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8B2

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8B2	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA2B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.099 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cec9',
    500: '#4cb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8b2;
$custom-light: #89cec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.667,
    "s": 43.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71888,
    "c": 0.09869,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8B2

secondary

#C8989B

accent

#555CD3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8B2

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

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