#4EA8A0#4EA8A0

#4EA8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.087 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8A0
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 160)
HSL	hsl(175, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(175, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 4.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -28.81, -4.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 29.09, 188.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.45% -0.0862 -0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.45% 0.087 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4870, 32.1608, 38.2208)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8A0 #A84E56

analogous

#4EA873 #4EA8A0 #4E83A8

triadic

#4EA8A0 #A04EA8 #A8A04E

tetradic

#4EA8A0 #734EA8 #A84E56 #83A84E

square

#4EA8A0 #734EA8 #A84E56 #83A84E

split-complementary

#4EA8A0 #A84E83 #A8734E

monochromatic

#275450 #3B7E78 #4EA8A0 #75BFB8 #9ED2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#4EA8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#4EA8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8A0

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8A0	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09ACA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.087 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2bc',
    500: '#4ea8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8a0;
$custom-light: #88c2bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.667,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67448,
    "c": 0.08696,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8A0

secondary

#BF9397

accent

#5B65CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8A0

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

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