#4EA79C#4EA79C

#4EA79C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.087 H 184.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA79C
RGB	rgb(78, 167, 156)
HSL	hsl(173, 36%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(173, 53%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 0%, 6.6%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, -29.37, -2.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 29.47, 184.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.07% -0.0869 -0.007)
OKLCH	oklch(67.07% 0.087 184.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9588, 31.6553, 36.3462)
Luminance	0.3166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA79C #A74E59

analogous

#4EA76F #4EA79C #4E85A7

triadic

#4EA79C #9C4EA7 #A79C4E

tetradic

#4EA79C #6F4EA7 #A74E59 #85A74E

square

#4EA79C #6F4EA7 #A74E59 #85A74E

split-complementary

#4EA79C #A74E85 #A76F4E

monochromatic

#27544E #3B7D75 #4EA79C #74BEB5 #9ED2CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#4EA79C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#4EA79C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA79C

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA79C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA79C	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91949D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#13AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea79c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 167, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.087 184.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c1b9',
    500: '#4ea79c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea79c;
$custom-light: #87c1b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea79c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.584,
    "s": 36.327,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67071,
    "c": 0.08715,
    "h": 184.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA79C

secondary

#BE9298

accent

#5B69CC

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA79C

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

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