#4CBDBC#4CBDBC

#4CBDBC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.101 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4CBDBC
RGB	rgb(76, 189, 188)
HSL	hsl(179, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 60%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.8%, 0%, 0.5%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.57, -31.75, -9.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.57, 33.02, 195.91°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% -0.0981 -0.0251)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.101 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.2512, 41.5594, 53.9947)
Luminance	0.4156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4CBDBC #BD4C4D

analogous

#4CBD84 #4CBDBC #4C86BD

triadic

#4CBDBC #BC4CBD #BDBC4C

tetradic

#4CBDBC #844CBD #BD4C4D #86BD4C

square

#4CBDBC #844CBD #BD4C4D #86BD4C

split-complementary

#4CBDBC #BD4C86 #BD844C

monochromatic

#266868 #379594 #4CBDBC #79CDCD #A5DEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#4CBDBC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.31

#4CBDBC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4CBDBC

9.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4CBDBC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4CBDBC	1.00	2.26	9.31	9.31
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B4BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A7BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4cbdbc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 189, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.101 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd1d0',
    500: '#4cbdbc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4cbdbc;
$custom-light: #8bd1d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4cbdbc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.469,
    "s": 46.122,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73437,
    "c": 0.10129,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4CBDBC

secondary

#CB9A9A

accent

#5253D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4CBDBC

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

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