#4CBDA8#4CBDA8

#4CBDA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.107 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDA8
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 11.1%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.00, -37.06, 1.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.00, 37.07, 178.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.8% -0.107 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(72.8% 0.107 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2427, 40.7560, 43.4165)
Luminance	0.4076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDA8 #BD4C61

analogous

#4CBD70 #4CBDA8 #4C99BD

triadic

#4CBDA8 #A84CBD #BDA84C

tetradic

#4CBDA8 #704CBD #BD4C61 #99BD4C

square

#4CBDA8 #704CBD #BD4C61 #99BD4C

split-complementary

#4CBDA8 #BD4C99 #BD704C

monochromatic

#26685C #379583 #4CBDA8 #79CDBE #A5DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CBDA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.15

#4CBDA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDA8

9.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDA8	1.00	2.29	9.15	9.15
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A6AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbda8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.107 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d1c1',
    500: '#4cbda8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbda8;
$custom-light: #89d1c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbda8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.85,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72796,
    "c": 0.10705,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDA8

secondary

#CB9AA3

accent

#526BD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDA8

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

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