#4CB8CD#4CB8CD

#4CB8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.102 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB8CD
RGB	rgb(76, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.63, -24.41, -19.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.63, 31.42, 219.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.86% -0.0858 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(72.86% 0.102 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.1359, 40.2220, 63.8685)
Luminance	0.4022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB8CD #CD614C

analogous

#4CCDA1 #4CB8CD #4C78CD

triadic

#4CB8CD #CD4CB8 #B8CD4C

tetradic

#4CB8CD #A14CCD #CD614C #78CD4C

square

#4CB8CD #A14CCD #CD614C #78CD4C

split-complementary

#4CB8CD #CD4C78 #CDA14C

monochromatic

#236D7C #3098AC #4CB8CD #7CCBDA #ACDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4CB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4CB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB8CD

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB8CD	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.102 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddc',
    500: '#4cb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb8cd;
$custom-light: #8ccddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.767,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72861,
    "c": 0.10187,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB8CD

secondary

#D5A89F

accent

#6148E0

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB8CD

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

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