#4CB8CC#4CB8CC

#4CB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.101 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8CC
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(189, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.7%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -24.70, -19.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 31.34, 217.98°)
OKLab	oklab(72.82% -0.0862 -0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(72.82% 0.101 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0156, 40.1738, 63.2348)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8CC #CC604C

analogous

#4CCCA0 #4CB8CC #4C78CC

triadic

#4CB8CC #CC4CB8 #B8CC4C

tetradic

#4CB8CC #A04CCC #CC604C #78CC4C

square

#4CB8CC #A04CCC #CC604C #78CC4C

split-complementary

#4CB8CC #CC4C78 #CCA04C

monochromatic

#236D7B #3197AA #4CB8CC #7CCBDA #ABDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4CB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4CB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8CC

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8CC	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.101 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddb',
    500: '#4cb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8cc;
$custom-light: #8ccddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.375,
    "s": 55.652,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72822,
    "c": 0.10146,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8CC

secondary

#D5A79F

accent

#6049DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8CC

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

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