#4EA8A7#4EA8A7

#4EA8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.324; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.086 H 194.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8A7
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 167)
HSL	hsl(179, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(179, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 0.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.68, -26.92, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.68, 27.99, 195.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% -0.0831 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.086 194.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.1166, 32.4127, 41.5371)
Luminance	0.3241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8A7 #A84E4F

analogous

#4EA87A #4EA8A7 #4E7CA8

triadic

#4EA8A7 #A74EA8 #A8A74E

tetradic

#4EA8A7 #7A4EA8 #A84E4F #7CA84E

square

#4EA8A7 #7A4EA8 #A84E4F #7CA84E

split-complementary

#4EA8A7 #A84E7C #A87A4E

monochromatic

#275454 #3B7E7D #4EA8A7 #75BFBE #9ED2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#4EA8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.48

#4EA8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8A7

7.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8A7	1.00	2.81	7.48	7.48
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA1A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9096A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.086 194.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2c1',
    500: '#4ea8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8a7;
$custom-light: #88c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.333,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67683,
    "c": 0.08578,
    "h": 194.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8A7

secondary

#BF9393

accent

#5B5CCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8A7

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

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