#4EA3AA#4EA3AA

#4EA3AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.082 H 202.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3AA
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 4.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.27, -23.57, -11.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.27, 26.21, 205.94°)
OKLab	oklab(66.57% -0.0761 -0.0317)
OKLCH	oklch(66.57% 0.082 202.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.4918, 30.7142, 42.7128)
Luminance	0.3072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3AA #AA554E

analogous

#4EAA83 #4EA3AA #4E75AA

triadic

#4EA3AA #AA4EA3 #A3AA4E

tetradic

#4EA3AA #834EAA #AA554E #75AA4E

square

#4EA3AA #834EAA #AA554E #75AA4E

split-complementary

#4EA3AA #AA4E75 #AA834E

monochromatic

#285356 #3B7B80 #4EA3AA #75BAC0 #9FCFD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4EA3AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#4EA3AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3AA

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3AA	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.082 202.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bec3',
    500: '#4ea3aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3aa;
$custom-light: #88bec3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.565,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66573,
    "c": 0.08246,
    "h": 202.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3AA

secondary

#C09794

accent

#635BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3AA

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

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