#4EA09D#4EA09D

#4EA09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.080 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA09D
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(178, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.95, -25.65, -6.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.95, 26.36, 193.38°)
OKLab	oklab(65.38% -0.0783 -0.0169)
OKLCH	oklch(65.38% 0.08 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(21.7960, 29.1937, 36.3781)
Luminance	0.2920 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA09D #A04E51

analogous

#4EA074 #4EA09D #4E7AA0

triadic

#4EA09D #9D4EA0 #A09D4E

tetradic

#4EA09D #744EA0 #A04E51 #7AA04E

square

#4EA09D #744EA0 #A04E51 #7AA04E

split-complementary

#4EA09D #A04E7A #A0744E

monochromatic

#264E4C #3A7775 #4EA09D #71BAB7 #9ACECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4EA09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.84

#4EA09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA09D

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA09D	1.00	3.07	6.84	6.84
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98999D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.080 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcb9',
    500: '#4ea09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea09d;
$custom-light: #87bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.805,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65381,
    "c": 0.08016,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA09D

secondary

#BB8F91

accent

#5D61CB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA09D

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

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