#4EA3A0#4EA3A0

#4EA3A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.082 H 192.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3A0
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 160)
HSL	hsl(178, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(178, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 1.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, -26.34, -6.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 27.08, 193.47°)
OKLab	oklab(66.22% -0.0805 -0.0175)
OKLCH	oklch(66.22% 0.082 192.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.5816, 30.3501, 37.9190)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3A0 #A34E51

analogous

#4EA375 #4EA3A0 #4E7CA3

triadic

#4EA3A0 #A04EA3 #A3A04E

tetradic

#4EA3A0 #754EA3 #A34E51 #7CA34E

square

#4EA3A0 #754EA3 #A34E51 #7CA34E

split-complementary

#4EA3A0 #A34E7C #A3754E

monochromatic

#26504F #3A7A77 #4EA3A0 #72BCB9 #9CD0CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#4EA3A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#4EA3A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3A0

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3A0	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.082 192.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bebc',
    500: '#4ea3a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3a0;
$custom-light: #87bebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.882,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66219,
    "c": 0.08237,
    "h": 192.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3A0

secondary

#BC9192

accent

#5C60CB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3A0

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

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