#4EA3B2#4EA3B2

#4EA3B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.085 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA3B2
RGB	rgb(78, 163, 178)
HSL	hsl(189, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(189, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 8.4%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, -21.27, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 26.36, 216.19°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% -0.0728 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.085 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(24.2717, 31.0261, 46.8204)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA3B2 #B25D4E

analogous

#4EB28F #4EA3B2 #4E71B2

triadic

#4EA3B2 #B24EA3 #A3B24E

tetradic

#4EA3B2 #8F4EB2 #B25D4E #71B24E

square

#4EA3B2 #8F4EB2 #B25D4E #71B24E

split-complementary

#4EA3B2 #B24E71 #B28F4E

monochromatic

#29555D #3B7C88 #4EA3B2 #79B9C5 #A3CFD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4EA3B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#4EA3B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA3B2

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA3B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA3B2	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969EB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8792B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea3b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 163, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.085 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bec9',
    500: '#4ea3b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea3b2;
$custom-light: #88bec9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea3b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66872,
    "c": 0.08457,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA3B2

secondary

#C49E98

accent

#6A59CF

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA3B2

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

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