#4EA4AA#4EA4AA

#4EA4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.083 H 201.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4AA
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 170)
HSL	hsl(184, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(184, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 3.5%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, -24.08, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 26.48, 204.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% -0.0773 -0.0304)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.083 201.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6701, 31.0707, 42.7723)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4AA #AA544E

analogous

#4EAA82 #4EA4AA #4E76AA

triadic

#4EA4AA #AA4EA4 #A4AA4E

tetradic

#4EA4AA #824EAA #AA544E #76AA4E

square

#4EA4AA #824EAA #AA544E #76AA4E

split-complementary

#4EA4AA #AA4E76 #AA824E

monochromatic

#285356 #3B7C80 #4EA4AA #75BBC0 #9FD0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#4EA4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#4EA4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4AA

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4AA	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)

#999EAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.083 201.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfc3',
    500: '#4ea4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4aa;
$custom-light: #88bfc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.913,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66815,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 201.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4AA

secondary

#C09794

accent

#625BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4AA

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

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