#4CBDAD#4CBDAD

#4CBDAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.105 H 182.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDAD
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 8.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.14, -35.77, -1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.14, 35.80, 182.35°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.1048 -0.0045)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.105 182.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7175, 40.9459, 45.9170)
Luminance	0.4095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDAD #BD4C5C

analogous

#4CBD74 #4CBDAD #4C95BD

triadic

#4CBDAD #AD4CBD #BDAD4C

tetradic

#4CBDAD #744CBD #BD4C5C #95BD4C

square

#4CBDAD #744CBD #BD4C5C #95BD4C

split-complementary

#4CBDAD #BD4C95 #BD744C

monochromatic

#26685F #379588 #4CBDAD #79CDC1 #A5DED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4CBDAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.19

#4CBDAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDAD

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDAD	1.00	2.29	9.19	9.19
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B3AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A6AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbdad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.105 182.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1c5',
    500: '#4cbdad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbdad;
$custom-light: #8ad1c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbdad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.504,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72948,
    "c": 0.10486,
    "h": 182.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDAD

secondary

#CB9AA1

accent

#5265D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDAD

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

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