#4CB8BE#4CB8BE

#4CB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.098 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8BE
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, -28.77, -12.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 31.29, 203.13°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.092 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.098 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.4113, 39.5321, 54.7857)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8BE #BE524C

analogous

#4CBE8B #4CB8BE #4C7FBE

triadic

#4CB8BE #BE4CB8 #B8BE4C

tetradic

#4CB8BE #8B4CBE #BE524C #7FBE4C

square

#4CB8BE #8B4CBE #BE524C #7FBE4C

split-complementary

#4CB8BE #BE4C7F #BE8B4C

monochromatic

#266669 #379196 #4CB8BE #79CACE #A6DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4CB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8BE

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8BE	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.098 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd1',
    500: '#4cb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8be;
$custom-light: #8acdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 46.721,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72301,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8BE

secondary

#CC9D9A

accent

#5851D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8BE

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

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