#4CB8CA#4CB8CA

#4CB8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.101 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8CA
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.53, -25.30, -18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.53, 31.22, 215.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.75% -0.087 -0.0508)
OKLCH	oklch(72.75% 0.101 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.7772, 40.0785, 61.9796)
Luminance	0.4008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8CA #CA5E4C

analogous

#4CCA9D #4CB8CA #4C79CA

triadic

#4CB8CA #CA4CB8 #B8CA4C

tetradic

#4CB8CA #9D4CCA #CA5E4C #79CA4C

square

#4CB8CA #9D4CCA #CA5E4C #79CA4C

split-complementary

#4CB8CA #CA4C79 #CA9D4C

monochromatic

#246C78 #3296A7 #4CB8CA #7BCBD8 #AADDE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4CB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8CA

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8CA	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.101 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdda',
    500: '#4cb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8ca;
$custom-light: #8bcdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 54.31,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72745,
    "c": 0.1007,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8CA

secondary

#D4A69E

accent

#5F4ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8CA

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

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