#4EA8A5#4EA8A5

#4EA8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.086 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8A5
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 165)
HSL	hsl(178, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(178, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 1.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.62, -27.46, -6.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.62, 28.25, 193.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.084 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.086 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(23.9332, 32.3393, 40.5709)
Luminance	0.3234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8A5 #A84E51

analogous

#4EA878 #4EA8A5 #4E7EA8

triadic

#4EA8A5 #A54EA8 #A8A54E

tetradic

#4EA8A5 #784EA8 #A84E51 #7EA84E

square

#4EA8A5 #784EA8 #A84E51 #7EA84E

split-complementary

#4EA8A5 #A84E7E #A8784E

monochromatic

#275453 #3B7E7C #4EA8A5 #75BFBC #9ED2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4EA8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#4EA8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8A5

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8A5	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA0A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9095A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.086 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2bf',
    500: '#4ea8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8a5;
$custom-light: #88c2bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67615,
    "c": 0.08599,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8A5

secondary

#BF9394

accent

#5B5FCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8A5

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

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