#4CB997#4CB997

#4CB997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.112 H 169.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CB997
RGB	rgb(76, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(161, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.36, -39.42, 8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.36, 40.23, 168.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.32% -0.1105 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(71.32% 0.112 169.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.9127, 38.4662, 35.3313)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CB997 #B94C6E

analogous

#4CB960 #4CB997 #4CA4B9

triadic

#4CB997 #974CB9 #B9974C

tetradic

#4CB997 #604CB9 #B94C6E #A4B94C

square

#4CB997 #604CB9 #B94C6E #A4B94C

split-complementary

#4CB997 #B94CA4 #B9604C

monochromatic

#276451 #389074 #4CB997 #78CAB1 #A4DBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4CB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4CB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CB997

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CB997	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)

#B4AD95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.112 169.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88ceb5',
    500: '#4cb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cb997;
$custom-light: #88ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.284,
    "s": 43.775,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71319,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 169.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CB997

secondary

#C898A7

accent

#547CD4

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CB997

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

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