#4CB8BB#4CB8BB

#4CB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8BB
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, -29.62, -10.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 31.52, 200.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0932 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.098 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0868, 39.4023, 53.0766)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8BB #BB4F4C

analogous

#4CBB87 #4CB8BB #4C81BB

triadic

#4CB8BB #BB4CB8 #B8BB4C

tetradic

#4CB8BB #874CBB #BB4F4C #81BB4C

square

#4CB8BB #874CBB #BB4F4C #81BB4C

split-complementary

#4CB8BB #BB4C81 #BB874C

monochromatic

#276466 #389092 #4CB8BB #78CACC #A5DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4CB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8BB

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8BB	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdcf',
    500: '#4cb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8bb;
$custom-light: #8acdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.622,
    "s": 44.939,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72195,
    "c": 0.09789,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8BB

secondary

#CA9A99

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8BB

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

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