#4CB8BD#4CB8BD

#4CB8BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.098 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8BD
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 189)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -29.05, -11.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 31.35, 202.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% -0.0924 -0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.098 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.3024, 39.4886, 54.2120)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8BD #BD514C

analogous

#4CBD8A #4CB8BD #4C80BD

triadic

#4CB8BD #BD4CB8 #B8BD4C

tetradic

#4CB8BD #8A4CBD #BD514C #80BD4C

square

#4CB8BD #8A4CBD #BD514C #80BD4C

split-complementary

#4CB8BD #BD4C80 #BD8A4C

monochromatic

#266568 #379195 #4CB8BD #79CACD #A5DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB8BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4CB8BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8BD

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8BD	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.098 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd0',
    500: '#4cb8bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8bd;
$custom-light: #8acdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.655,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72266,
    "c": 0.09797,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8BD

secondary

#CB9C9A

accent

#5852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8BD

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

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