#4CBAB5#4CBAB5

#4CBAB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 191.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAB5
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 181)
HSL	hsl(177, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 2.7%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -32.24, -6.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 32.96, 192.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.098 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.1 191)
XYZ	xyz(28.8762, 39.9875, 49.9037)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAB5 #BA4C51

analogous

#4CBA7E #4CBAB5 #4C88BA

triadic

#4CBAB5 #B54CBA #BAB54C

tetradic

#4CBAB5 #7E4CBA #BA4C51 #88BA4C

square

#4CBAB5 #7E4CBA #BA4C51 #88BA4C

split-complementary

#4CBAB5 #BA4C88 #BA7E4C

monochromatic

#276562 #38918D #4CBAB5 #78CBC7 #A4DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CBAB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4CBAB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAB5

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAB5	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbab5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 191.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfcb',
    500: '#4cbab5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbab5;
$custom-light: #8acfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbab5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72474,
    "c": 0.09982,
    "h": 191
  },
  "luminance": 0.39991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAB5

secondary

#C9999B

accent

#545AD4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAB5

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

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