#4CB8BF#4CB8BF

#4CB8BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8BF
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 191)
HSL	hsl(184, 47%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 60%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 3.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.17, -28.49, -12.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.17, 31.23, 204.18°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0915 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5210, 39.5760, 55.3633)
Luminance	0.3958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8BF #BF534C

analogous

#4CBF8C #4CB8BF #4C7FBF

triadic

#4CB8BF #BF4CB8 #B8BF4C

tetradic

#4CB8BF #8C4CBF #BF534C #7FBF4C

square

#4CB8BF #8C4CBF #BF534C #7FBF4C

split-complementary

#4CB8BF #BF4C7F #BF8C4C

monochromatic

#26666B #369298 #4CB8BF #79CACF #A6DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4CB8BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4CB8BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8BF

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8BF	1.00	2.36	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABB0C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#99A3C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdd2',
    500: '#4cb8bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8bf;
$custom-light: #8acdd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.652,
    "s": 47.325,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72337,
    "c": 0.09814,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8BF

secondary

#CC9D9A

accent

#5951D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8BF

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

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