#4EA09F#4EA09F

#4EA09F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.080 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA09F
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 159)
HSL	hsl(179, 34%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 51%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -25.10, -7.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 26.10, 195.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.45% -0.0775 -0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(65.45% 0.08 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(21.9681, 29.2625, 37.2847)
Luminance	0.2927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA09F #A04E4F

analogous

#4EA076 #4EA09F #4E78A0

triadic

#4EA09F #9F4EA0 #A09F4E

tetradic

#4EA09F #764EA0 #A04E4F #78A04E

square

#4EA09F #764EA0 #A04E4F #78A04E

split-complementary

#4EA09F #A04E78 #A0764E

monochromatic

#264E4D #3A7776 #4EA09F #71BAB9 #9ACECD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#4EA09F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#4EA09F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA09F

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA09F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA09F	1.00	3.06	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.06	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)

#97999F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898FA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea09f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.080 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bcbb',
    500: '#4ea09f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea09f;
$custom-light: #87bcbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea09f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.268,
    "s": 34.454,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65449,
    "c": 0.07995,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.29265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA09F

secondary

#BB8F90

accent

#5D5FCB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA09F

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

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