#4CBDBA#4CBDBA

#4CBDBA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.415; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDBA
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 186)
HSL	hsl(178, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 1.6%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.51, -32.30, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.51, 33.29, 193.99°)
OKLab	oklab(73.37% -0.099 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(73.37% 0.101 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0371, 41.4737, 52.8671)
Luminance	0.4148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDBA #BD4C4F

analogous

#4CBD82 #4CBDBA #4C88BD

triadic

#4CBDBA #BA4CBD #BDBA4C

tetradic

#4CBDBA #824CBD #BD4C4F #88BD4C

square

#4CBDBA #824CBD #BD4C4F #88BD4C

split-complementary

#4CBDBA #BD4C88 #BD824C

monochromatic

#266866 #379592 #4CBDBA #79CDCB #A5DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CBDBA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.30

#4CBDBA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDBA

9.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDBA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDBA	1.00	2.26	9.30	9.30
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbdba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1ce',
    500: '#4cbdba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbdba;
$custom-light: #8bd1ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbdba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.407,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73369,
    "c": 0.10149,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDBA

secondary

#CB9A9B

accent

#5256D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDBA

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

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