#4CB8CB#4CB8CB

#4CB8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 211.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8CB
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.56, -25.00, -18.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.56, 31.28, 216.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0866 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.101 211.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.8960, 40.1260, 62.6052)
Luminance	0.4013 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8CB #CB5F4C

analogous

#4CCB9E #4CB8CB #4C79CB

triadic

#4CB8CB #CB4CB8 #B8CB4C

tetradic

#4CB8CB #9E4CCB #CB5F4C #79CB4C

square

#4CB8CB #9E4CCB #CB5F4C #79CB4C

split-complementary

#4CB8CB #CB4C79 #CB9E4C

monochromatic

#236C79 #3197A9 #4CB8CB #7BCBD9 #ABDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4CB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8CB

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8CB	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 211.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdda',
    500: '#4cb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8cb;
$custom-light: #8ccdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.976,
    "s": 54.978,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72784,
    "c": 0.10107,
    "h": 211.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8CB

secondary

#D4A79F

accent

#6049DE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8CB

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

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