#4CBAB8#4CBAB8

#4CBAB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.099 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBAB8
RGB	rgb(76, 186, 184)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(179, 59%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.1%, 0%, 1.1%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.55, -31.42, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.55, 32.51, 194.92°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0967 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.099 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1874, 40.1120, 51.5423)
Luminance	0.4012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBAB8 #BA4C4E

analogous

#4CBA81 #4CBAB8 #4C85BA

triadic

#4CBAB8 #B84CBA #BAB84C

tetradic

#4CBAB8 #814CBA #BA4C4E #85BA4C

square

#4CBAB8 #814CBA #BA4C4E #85BA4C

split-complementary

#4CBAB8 #BA4C85 #BA814C

monochromatic

#276564 #38918F #4CBAB8 #78CBCA #A4DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4CBAB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#4CBAB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBAB8

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBAB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBAB8	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB1B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA4B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbab8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 186, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.099 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acfcd',
    500: '#4cbab8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbab8;
$custom-light: #8acfcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbab8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.909,
    "s": 44.355,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72575,
    "c": 0.09942,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBAB8

secondary

#C9999A

accent

#5456D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBAB8

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

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