#4EA09E#4EA09E

#4EA09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.080 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA09E
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.98, -25.38, -6.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.98, 26.23, 194.63°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% -0.0779 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.08 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.8817, 29.2280, 36.8296)
Luminance	0.2923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA09E #A04E50

analogous

#4EA075 #4EA09E #4E79A0

triadic

#4EA09E #9E4EA0 #A09E4E

tetradic

#4EA09E #754EA0 #A04E50 #79A04E

square

#4EA09E #754EA0 #A04E50 #79A04E

split-complementary

#4EA09E #A04E79 #A0754E

monochromatic

#264E4D #3A7775 #4EA09E #71BAB8 #9ACECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#4EA09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4EA09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA09E

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA09E	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97999E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#15A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.080 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcba',
    500: '#4ea09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea09e;
$custom-light: #87bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.537,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65415,
    "c": 0.08004,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA09E

secondary

#BB8F90

accent

#5D60CB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA09E

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

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