#4EA0AA#4EA0AA

#4EA0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.297; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.081 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA0AA
RGB	rgb(78, 160, 170)
HSL	hsl(187, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(187, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 5.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.36, -22.03, -12.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.36, 25.49, 210.21°)
OKLab	oklab(65.85% -0.0727 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(65.85% 0.081 206)
XYZ	xyz(22.9655, 29.6615, 42.5374)
Luminance	0.2966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA0AA #AA584E

analogous

#4EAA86 #4EA0AA #4E72AA

triadic

#4EA0AA #AA4EA0 #A0AA4E

tetradic

#4EA0AA #864EAA #AA584E #72AA4E

square

#4EA0AA #864EAA #AA584E #72AA4E

split-complementary

#4EA0AA #AA4E72 #AA864E

monochromatic

#285156 #3B7980 #4EA0AA #75B8C0 #9FCDD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#4EA0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#4EA0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA0AA

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA0AA	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8690AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 160, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.081 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bcc3',
    500: '#4ea0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea0aa;
$custom-light: #88bcc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.522,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65845,
    "c": 0.08089,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.29664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA0AA

secondary

#C09994

accent

#675BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F6F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA0AA

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

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