#4CB8BC#4CB8BC

#4CB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.098 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8BC
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, -29.34, -11.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 31.43, 201.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.23% -0.0928 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(72.23% 0.098 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1942, 39.4453, 53.6423)
Luminance	0.3945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8BC #BC504C

analogous

#4CBC88 #4CB8BC #4C80BC

triadic

#4CB8BC #BC4CB8 #B8BC4C

tetradic

#4CB8BC #884CBC #BC504C #80BC4C

square

#4CB8BC #884CBC #BC504C #80BC4C

split-complementary

#4CB8BC #BC4C80 #BC884C

monochromatic

#276567 #379094 #4CB8BC #79CACD #A5DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#4CB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8BC

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8BC	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.098 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd0',
    500: '#4cb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8bc;
$custom-light: #8acdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.143,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7223,
    "c": 0.09793,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8BC

secondary

#CA9B99

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8BC

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

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