#4EA8A8#4EA8A8

#4EA8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.086 H 195.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8A8
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(180, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 0%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.71, -26.64, -8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.71, 27.87, 197.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0827 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.086 195.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.2094, 32.4498, 42.0258)
Luminance	0.3245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8A8 #A84E4E

analogous

#4EA87B #4EA8A8 #4E7BA8

triadic

#4EA8A8 #A84EA8 #A8A84E

tetradic

#4EA8A8 #7B4EA8 #A84E4E #7BA84E

square

#4EA8A8 #7B4EA8 #A84E4E #7BA84E

split-complementary

#4EA8A8 #A84E7B #A87B4E

monochromatic

#275454 #3B7E7E #4EA8A8 #75BFBF #9ED2D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4EA8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#4EA8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8A8

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8A8	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.086 195.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2c1',
    500: '#4ea8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8a8;
$custom-light: #88c2c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 36.585,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67718,
    "c": 0.08572,
    "h": 195.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8A8

secondary

#BF9393

accent

#5B5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8A8

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

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