#4EA5AE#4EA5AE

#4EA5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.084 H 204.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA5AE
RGB	rgb(78, 165, 174)
HSL	hsl(186, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(186, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.00, -23.45, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.00, 26.63, 208.27°)
OKLab	oklab(67.2% -0.0767 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(67.2% 0.084 204.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.2339, 31.5837, 44.8553)
Luminance	0.3159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA5AE #AE574E

analogous

#4EAE87 #4EA5AE #4E75AE

triadic

#4EA5AE #AE4EA5 #A5AE4E

tetradic

#4EA5AE #874EAE #AE574E #75AE4E

square

#4EA5AE #874EAE #AE574E #75AE4E

split-complementary

#4EA5AE #AE4E75 #AE874E

monochromatic

#285559 #3B7D84 #4EA5AE #77BBC2 #A1D0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#4EA5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#4EA5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA5AE

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA5AE	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9FAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 165, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.084 204.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0c6',
    500: '#4ea5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea5ae;
$custom-light: #88c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.625,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67204,
    "c": 0.08426,
    "h": 204.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA5AE

secondary

#C29A96

accent

#655ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA5AE

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

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