#4EA4A2#4EA4A2

#4EA4A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.083 H 193.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4A2
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 162)
HSL	hsl(179, 36%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(179, 52%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, -26.29, -6.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 27.18, 194.69°)
OKLab	oklab(66.53% -0.0807 -0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(66.53% 0.083 193.3)
XYZ	xyz(22.9362, 30.7771, 38.9073)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4A2 #A44E50

analogous

#4EA477 #4EA4A2 #4E7BA4

triadic

#4EA4A2 #A24EA4 #A4A24E

tetradic

#4EA4A2 #774EA4 #A44E50 #7BA44E

square

#4EA4A2 #774EA4 #A44E50 #7BA44E

split-complementary

#4EA4A2 #A44E7B #A4774E

monochromatic

#275150 #3A7B79 #4EA4A2 #73BCBB #9CD0CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#4EA4A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#4EA4A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4A2

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4A2	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)

#9B9DA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D92A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#08A8A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.083 193.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87bfbd',
    500: '#4ea4a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4a2;
$custom-light: #87bfbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.605,
    "s": 35.537,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66533,
    "c": 0.08298,
    "h": 193.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4A2

secondary

#BD9192

accent

#5C5FCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4A2

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

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