#4EA3AD#4EA3AD

#4EA3AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.083 H 205.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3AD
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 5.8%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.36, -22.72, -13.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.36, 26.18, 209.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.68% -0.0749 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(66.68% 0.083 205.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.7788, 30.8290, 44.2245)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3AD #AD584E

analogous

#4EAD88 #4EA3AD #4E74AD

triadic

#4EA3AD #AD4EA3 #A3AD4E

tetradic

#4EA3AD #884EAD #AD584E #74AD4E

square

#4EA3AD #884EAD #AD584E #74AD4E

split-complementary

#4EA3AD #AD4E74 #AD884E

monochromatic

#285459 #3B7B83 #4EA3AD #77BAC2 #A1CFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#4EA3AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#4EA3AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3AD

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3AD	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979DAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8892AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.083 205.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bec5',
    500: '#4ea3ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3ad;
$custom-light: #88bec5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.316,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66683,
    "c": 0.08305,
    "h": 205.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3AD

secondary

#C29A95

accent

#665ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3AD

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

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