#4EA3AC#4EA3AC

#4EA3AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.083 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3AC
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 172)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, -23.00, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 26.18, 208.51°)
OKLab	oklab(66.65% -0.0753 -0.0345)
OKLCH	oklch(66.65% 0.083 204.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.6824, 30.7904, 43.7168)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3AC #AC574E

analogous

#4EAC86 #4EA3AC #4E74AC

triadic

#4EA3AC #AC4EA3 #A3AC4E

tetradic

#4EA3AC #864EAC #AC574E #74AC4E

square

#4EA3AC #864EAC #AC574E #74AC4E

split-complementary

#4EA3AC #AC4E74 #AC864E

monochromatic

#285358 #3B7B82 #4EA3AC #76BAC1 #A0CFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#4EA3AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#4EA3AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3AC

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3AC	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8992AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.083 204.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bec4',
    500: '#4ea3ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3ac;
$custom-light: #88bec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.745,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66646,
    "c": 0.08283,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3AC

secondary

#C19995

accent

#655ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3AC

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

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