#4EA09C#4EA09C

#4EA09C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.080 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA09C
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 156)
HSL	hsl(177, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(177, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.92, -25.92, -5.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.92, 26.51, 192.16°)
OKLab	oklab(65.35% -0.0788 -0.0155)
OKLCH	oklch(65.35% 0.08 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7110, 29.1597, 35.9303)
Luminance	0.2916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA09C #A04E52

analogous

#4EA073 #4EA09C #4E7BA0

triadic

#4EA09C #9C4EA0 #A09C4E

tetradic

#4EA09C #734EA0 #A04E52 #7BA04E

square

#4EA09C #734EA0 #A04E52 #7BA04E

split-complementary

#4EA09C #A04E7B #A0734E

monochromatic

#264E4C #3A7774 #4EA09C #71BAB6 #9ACECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4EA09C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.83

#4EA09C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA09C

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA09C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA09C	1.00	3.07	6.83	6.83
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#18A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea09c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.080 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcb9',
    500: '#4ea09c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea09c;
$custom-light: #87bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea09c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.073,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65347,
    "c": 0.08031,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA09C

secondary

#BB8F91

accent

#5D63CB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA09C

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

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