#4CBAB3#4CBAB3

#4CBAB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAB3
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 179)
HSL	hsl(176, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 3.8%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.40, -32.78, -5.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.40, 33.30, 190.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% -0.0989 -0.0163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.1 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6725, 39.9060, 48.8307)
Luminance	0.3991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAB3 #BA4C53

analogous

#4CBA7C #4CBAB3 #4C8ABA

triadic

#4CBAB3 #B34CBA #BAB34C

tetradic

#4CBAB3 #7C4CBA #BA4C53 #8ABA4C

square

#4CBAB3 #7C4CBA #BA4C53 #8ABA4C

split-complementary

#4CBAB3 #BA4C8A #BA7C4C

monochromatic

#276561 #38918B #4CBAB3 #78CBC6 #A4DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CBAB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#4CBAB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAB3

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAB3	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbab3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfc9',
    500: '#4cbab3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbab3;
$custom-light: #8acfc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbab3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72408,
    "c": 0.1002,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAB3

secondary

#C9999C

accent

#545CD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAB3

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

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