#4EA8A4#4EA8A4

#4EA8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.086 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8A4
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 164)
HSL	hsl(177, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(177, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 2.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.59, -27.73, -6.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.59, 28.40, 192.45°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% -0.0844 -0.017)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.086 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.8425, 32.3031, 40.0934)
Luminance	0.3231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8A4 #A84E52

analogous

#4EA877 #4EA8A4 #4E7FA8

triadic

#4EA8A4 #A44EA8 #A8A44E

tetradic

#4EA8A4 #774EA8 #A84E52 #7FA84E

square

#4EA8A4 #774EA8 #A84E52 #7FA84E

split-complementary

#4EA8A4 #A84E7F #A8774E

monochromatic

#275452 #3B7E7B #4EA8A4 #75BFBB #9ED2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4EA8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.46

#4EA8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8A4

7.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8A4	1.00	2.81	7.46	7.46
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.086 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2be',
    500: '#4ea8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8a4;
$custom-light: #88c2be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67581,
    "c": 0.08613,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8A4

secondary

#BF9395

accent

#5B60CD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F6

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8A4

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

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