#4EA4AC#4EA4AC

#4EA4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.083 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4AC
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 172)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 4.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -23.51, -12.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 26.42, 207.12°)
OKLab	oklab(66.89% -0.0764 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(66.89% 0.083 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.8607, 31.1469, 43.7762)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4AC #AC564E

analogous

#4EAC85 #4EA4AC #4E75AC

triadic

#4EA4AC #AC4EA4 #A4AC4E

tetradic

#4EA4AC #854EAC #AC564E #75AC4E

square

#4EA4AC #854EAC #AC564E #75AC4E

split-complementary

#4EA4AC #AC4E75 #AC854E

monochromatic

#285458 #3B7C82 #4EA4AC #76BBC1 #A0D0D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#4EA4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#4EA4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4AC

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4AC	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.083 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfc4',
    500: '#4ea4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4ac;
$custom-light: #88bfc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.106,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66888,
    "c": 0.08335,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4AC

secondary

#C19995

accent

#645ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4AC

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

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