#4EA4AD#4EA4AD

#4EA4AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.084 H 204.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4AD
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 173)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 5.2%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -23.23, -12.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 26.40, 208.39°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% -0.076 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.084 204.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.9571, 31.1855, 44.2839)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4AD #AD574E

analogous

#4EAD87 #4EA4AD #4E75AD

triadic

#4EA4AD #AD4EA4 #A4AD4E

tetradic

#4EA4AD #874EAD #AD574E #75AD4E

square

#4EA4AD #874EAD #AD574E #75AD4E

split-complementary

#4EA4AD #AD4E75 #AD874E

monochromatic

#285459 #3B7C83 #4EA4AD #77BAC2 #A1D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#4EA4AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#4EA4AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4AD

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4AD	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999EAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A93AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.084 204.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfc5',
    500: '#4ea4ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4ad;
$custom-light: #88bfc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.684,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66925,
    "c": 0.08354,
    "h": 204.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4AD

secondary

#C29995

accent

#655ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4AD

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

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