#4EA596#4EA596

#4EA596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.087 H 180.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA596
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(170, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(170, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 0%, 9.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.28, -29.95, -0.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.28, 29.95, 180.40°)
OKLab	oklab(66.39% -0.0873 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(66.39% 0.087 180.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.0997, 30.7300, 33.6151)
Luminance	0.3073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA596 #A54E5D

analogous

#4EA56A #4EA596 #4E88A5

triadic

#4EA596 #964EA5 #A5964E

tetradic

#4EA596 #6A4EA5 #A54E5D #88A54E

square

#4EA596 #6A4EA5 #A54E5D #88A54E

split-complementary

#4EA596 #A54E88 #A56A4E

monochromatic

#27524A #3A7B70 #4EA596 #73BDB0 #9DD1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#4EA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#4EA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA596

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA596	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9D95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1DA8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.087 180.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c0b4',
    500: '#4ea596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea596;
$custom-light: #87c0b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.655,
    "s": 35.802,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66386,
    "c": 0.08732,
    "h": 180.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA596

secondary

#BD9199

accent

#5C6FCC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA596

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

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