#4EA5AA#4EA5AA

#4EA5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.084 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5AA
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 170)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, -24.58, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 26.76, 203.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.06% -0.0784 -0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.06% 0.084 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8497, 31.4300, 42.8322)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5AA #AA534E

analogous

#4EAA81 #4EA5AA #4E77AA

triadic

#4EA5AA #AA4EA5 #A5AA4E

tetradic

#4EA5AA #814EAA #AA534E #77AA4E

square

#4EA5AA #814EAA #AA534E #77AA4E

split-complementary

#4EA5AA #AA4E77 #AA814E

monochromatic

#285456 #3B7C80 #4EA5AA #75BCC0 #9FD0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#4EA5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#4EA5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5AA

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5AA	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B93AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.084 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0c3',
    500: '#4ea5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5aa;
$custom-light: #88c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.261,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67058,
    "c": 0.08366,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5AA

secondary

#C09694

accent

#615BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5AA

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

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