#4EA4AE#4EA4AE

#4EA4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.084 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA4AE
RGB	rgb(78, 164, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 5.7%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -22.94, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 26.40, 209.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% -0.0756 -0.0361)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.084 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(24.0542, 31.2243, 44.7955)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA4AE #AE584E

analogous

#4EAE88 #4EA4AE #4E74AE

triadic

#4EA4AE #AE4EA4 #A4AE4E

tetradic

#4EA4AE #884EAE #AE584E #74AE4E

square

#4EA4AE #884EAE #AE584E #74AE4E

split-complementary

#4EA4AE #AE4E74 #AE884E

monochromatic

#285459 #3B7C84 #4EA4AE #77BAC2 #A1D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#4EA4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#4EA4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA4AE

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA4AE	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989EAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8993AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 164, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.084 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88bfc6',
    500: '#4ea4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea4ae;
$custom-light: #88bfc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.25,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66962,
    "c": 0.08376,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA4AE

secondary

#C29A96

accent

#665ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA4AE

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

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