#4EA6AE#4EA6AE

#4EA6AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.085 H 203.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA6AE
RGB	rgb(78, 166, 174)
HSL	hsl(185, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(185, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 4.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -23.96, -12.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 26.87, 206.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0778 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.085 203.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4150, 31.9458, 44.9157)
Luminance	0.3195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA6AE #AE564E

analogous

#4EAE86 #4EA6AE #4E76AE

triadic

#4EA6AE #AE4EA6 #A6AE4E

tetradic

#4EA6AE #864EAE #AE564E #76AE4E

square

#4EA6AE #864EAE #AE564E #76AE4E

split-complementary

#4EA6AE #AE4E76 #AE864E

monochromatic

#285559 #3B7E84 #4EA6AE #77BCC2 #A1D1D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#4EA6AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#4EA6AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA6AE

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA6AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA6AE	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9BA0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B94AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea6ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 166, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.085 203.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c0c6',
    500: '#4ea6ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea6ae;
$custom-light: #88c0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea6ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67446,
    "c": 0.08477,
    "h": 203.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA6AE

secondary

#C29996

accent

#635ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA6AE

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

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