#4CBCAE#4CBCAE

#4CBCAE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.103 H 183.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBCAE
RGB	rgb(76, 188, 174)
HSL	hsl(173, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.6%, 0%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.86, -35.05, -2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.86, 35.13, 183.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.1032 -0.0071)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.103 183.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.6003, 40.5560, 46.3570)
Luminance	0.4056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBCAE #BC4C5A

analogous

#4CBC76 #4CBCAE #4C92BC

triadic

#4CBCAE #AE4CBC #BCAE4C

tetradic

#4CBCAE #764CBC #BC4C5A #92BC4C

square

#4CBCAE #764CBC #BC4C5A #92BC4C

split-complementary

#4CBCAE #BC4C92 #BC764C

monochromatic

#27675F #379488 #4CBCAE #79CDC2 #A5DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4CBCAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#4CBCAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBCAE

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBCAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBCAE	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4B2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbcae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 188, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.103 183.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0c6',
    500: '#4cbcae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbcae;
$custom-light: #8ad0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbcae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.5,
    "s": 45.528,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72735,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 183.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBCAE

secondary

#CA999F

accent

#5363D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBCAE

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

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