#4CBDB5#4CBDB5

#4CBDB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.102 H 188.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDB5
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 4.2%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, -33.66, -5.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 34.11, 189.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% -0.1012 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.102 188.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5149, 41.2648, 50.1166)
Luminance	0.4127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDB5 #BD4C54

analogous

#4CBD7D #4CBDB5 #4C8DBD

triadic

#4CBDB5 #B54CBD #BDB54C

tetradic

#4CBDB5 #7D4CBD #BD4C54 #8DBD4C

square

#4CBDB5 #7D4CBD #BD4C54 #8DBD4C

split-complementary

#4CBDB5 #BD4C8D #BD7D4C

monochromatic

#266864 #37958E #4CBDB5 #79CDC7 #A5DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4CBDB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#4CBDB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDB5

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDB5	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A7B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbdb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.102 188.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1cb',
    500: '#4cbdb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbdb5;
$custom-light: #8ad1cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbdb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.752,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73203,
    "c": 0.10237,
    "h": 188.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDB5

secondary

#CB9A9D

accent

#525BD6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDB5

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

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