#4CBAB6#4CBAB6

#4CBAB6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.100 H 191.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAB6
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 182)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 2.2%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -31.96, -7.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 32.80, 192.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0975 -0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.1 191.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9792, 40.0287, 50.4460)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAB6 #BA4C50

analogous

#4CBA7F #4CBAB6 #4C87BA

triadic

#4CBAB6 #B64CBA #BAB64C

tetradic

#4CBAB6 #7F4CBA #BA4C50 #87BA4C

square

#4CBAB6 #7F4CBA #BA4C50 #87BA4C

split-complementary

#4CBAB6 #BA4C87 #BA7F4C

monochromatic

#276563 #38918E #4CBAB6 #78CBC8 #A4DCDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CBAB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4CBAB6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAB6

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAB6	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B1B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbab6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.100 191.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfcb',
    500: '#4cbab6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbab6;
$custom-light: #8acfcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbab6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72507,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 191.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAB6

secondary

#C9999A

accent

#5458D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAB6

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

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