#4EA3A2#4EA3A2

#4EA3A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.082 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3A2
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 35%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.1%, 0%, 0.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -25.79, -7.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 26.82, 195.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.29% -0.0796 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(66.29% 0.082 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.7580, 30.4206, 38.8479)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3A2 #A34E4F

analogous

#4EA378 #4EA3A2 #4E7AA3

triadic

#4EA3A2 #A24EA3 #A3A24E

tetradic

#4EA3A2 #784EA3 #A34E4F #7AA34E

square

#4EA3A2 #784EA3 #A34E4F #7AA34E

split-complementary

#4EA3A2 #A34E7A #A3784E

monochromatic

#265050 #3A7A79 #4EA3A2 #72BCBB #9CD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4EA3A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#4EA3A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3A2

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3A2	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C91A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0AA7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.082 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bebd',
    500: '#4ea3a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3a2;
$custom-light: #87bebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.294,
    "s": 35.27,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66288,
    "c": 0.08216,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3A2

secondary

#BC9191

accent

#5C5ECB

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3A2

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

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