#4EA3A4#4EA3A4

#4EA3A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.082 H 196.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3A4
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 164)
HSL	hsl(181, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(181, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, -25.24, -8.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 26.60, 198.36°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% -0.0787 -0.0232)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.082 196.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.9372, 30.4923, 39.7916)
Luminance	0.3049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3A4 #A44F4E

analogous

#4EA47A #4EA3A4 #4E78A4

triadic

#4EA3A4 #A44EA3 #A3A44E

tetradic

#4EA3A4 #7A4EA4 #A44F4E #78A44E

square

#4EA3A4 #7A4EA4 #A44F4E #78A44E

split-complementary

#4EA3A4 #A44E78 #A47A4E

monochromatic

#275151 #3A7A7B #4EA3A4 #73BBBC #9CCFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#4EA3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#4EA3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3A4

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3A4	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B91A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.082 196.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bebe',
    500: '#4ea3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3a4;
$custom-light: #87bebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66358,
    "c": 0.08207,
    "h": 196.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3A4

secondary

#BD9191

accent

#5E5CCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3A4

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

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