#4CBAB4#4CBAB4

#4CBAB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.100 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAB4
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 180)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 3.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -32.51, -6.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 33.12, 191.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.44% -0.0984 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.44% 0.1 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7740, 39.9466, 49.3652)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAB4 #BA4C52

analogous

#4CBA7D #4CBAB4 #4C89BA

triadic

#4CBAB4 #B44CBA #BAB44C

tetradic

#4CBAB4 #7D4CBA #BA4C52 #89BA4C

square

#4CBAB4 #7D4CBA #BA4C52 #89BA4C

split-complementary

#4CBAB4 #BA4C89 #BA7D4C

monochromatic

#276561 #38918C #4CBAB4 #78CBC7 #A4DCD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4CBAB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#4CBAB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAB4

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAB4	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA4B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.100 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfca',
    500: '#4cbab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbab4;
$custom-light: #8acfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.727,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72441,
    "c": 0.1,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAB4

secondary

#C9999B

accent

#545BD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAB4

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

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