#4CB996#4CB996

#4CB996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 168.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB996
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 150)
HSL	hsl(161, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 18.9%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -39.66, 8.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 40.56, 167.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% -0.111 0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.113 168.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.8318, 38.4339, 34.9054)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB996 #B94C6F

analogous

#4CB95F #4CB996 #4CA5B9

triadic

#4CB996 #964CB9 #B9964C

tetradic

#4CB996 #5F4CB9 #B94C6F #A5B94C

square

#4CB996 #5F4CB9 #B94C6F #A5B94C

split-complementary

#4CB996 #B94CA5 #B95F4C

monochromatic

#276450 #389074 #4CB996 #78CAB0 #A4DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4CB996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB996

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB996	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AD94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 168.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ceb4',
    500: '#4cb996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb996;
$custom-light: #88ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.734,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71292,
    "c": 0.11313,
    "h": 168.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB996

secondary

#C898A8

accent

#547DD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB996

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

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