#4EA5AD#4EA5AD

#4EA5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.084 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5AD
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 173)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 4.6%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -23.74, -12.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 26.64, 207.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.17% -0.0771 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(67.17% 0.084 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.1368, 31.5448, 44.3438)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5AD #AD564E

analogous

#4EAD86 #4EA5AD #4E76AD

triadic

#4EA5AD #AD4EA5 #A5AD4E

tetradic

#4EA5AD #864EAD #AD564E #76AD4E

square

#4EA5AD #864EAD #AD564E #76AD4E

split-complementary

#4EA5AD #AD4E76 #AD864E

monochromatic

#285559 #3B7D83 #4EA5AD #77BBC2 #A1D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4EA5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#4EA5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5AD

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5AD	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.084 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0c5',
    500: '#4ea5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5ad;
$custom-light: #88c0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.053,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67167,
    "c": 0.08407,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5AD

secondary

#C29995

accent

#645ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5AD

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

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