#4EA8A2#4EA8A2

#4EA8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.086 H 189.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8A2
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 162)
HSL	hsl(176, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(176, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 3.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -28.27, -5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 28.73, 190.21°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% -0.0853 -0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.087 189.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.6633, 32.2314, 39.1497)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8A2 #A84E54

analogous

#4EA875 #4EA8A2 #4E81A8

triadic

#4EA8A2 #A24EA8 #A8A24E

tetradic

#4EA8A2 #754EA8 #A84E54 #81A84E

square

#4EA8A2 #754EA8 #A84E54 #81A84E

split-complementary

#4EA8A2 #A84E81 #A8754E

monochromatic

#275451 #3B7E7A #4EA8A2 #75BFBA #9ED2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4EA8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#4EA8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8A2

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8A2	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0A0A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9195A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#03ACA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.086 189.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2bd',
    500: '#4ea8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8a2;
$custom-light: #88c2bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67514,
    "c": 0.0865,
    "h": 189.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8A2

secondary

#BF9396

accent

#5B63CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8A2

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

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