#4EA6AA#4EA6AA

#4EA6AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.084 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6AA
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 170)
HSL	hsl(183, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 2.4%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.17, -25.09, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.17, 27.05, 201.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% -0.0795 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.084 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0308, 31.7921, 42.8925)
Luminance	0.3179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6AA #AA524E

analogous

#4EAA80 #4EA6AA #4E78AA

triadic

#4EA6AA #AA4EA6 #A6AA4E

tetradic

#4EA6AA #804EAA #AA524E #78AA4E

square

#4EA6AA #804EAA #AA524E #78AA4E

split-complementary

#4EA6AA #AA4E78 #AA804E

monochromatic

#285456 #3B7D80 #4EA6AA #75BDC0 #9FD1D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#4EA6AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#4EA6AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6AA

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6AA	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9FAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D94AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ABA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.084 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0c3',
    500: '#4ea6aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6aa;
$custom-light: #88c0c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67301,
    "c": 0.0843,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6AA

secondary

#C09694

accent

#605BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6AA

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

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