#4EA8A9#4EA8A9

#4EA8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.086 H 196.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8A9
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 169)
HSL	hsl(181, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(181, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -26.37, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 27.77, 198.25°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% -0.0822 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.086 196.3)
XYZ	xyz(24.3030, 32.4872, 42.5183)
Luminance	0.3249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8A9 #A94F4E

analogous

#4EA97C #4EA8A9 #4E7AA9

triadic

#4EA8A9 #A94EA8 #A8A94E

tetradic

#4EA8A9 #7C4EA9 #A94F4E #7AA94E

square

#4EA8A9 #7C4EA9 #A94F4E #7AA94E

split-complementary

#4EA8A9 #A94E7A #A97C4E

monochromatic

#275555 #3B7E7F #4EA8A9 #75BEBF #9FD2D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#4EA8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#4EA8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8A9

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8A9	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA1A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F96AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.086 196.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2c2',
    500: '#4ea8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8a9;
$custom-light: #88c2c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.659,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67753,
    "c": 0.08567,
    "h": 196.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8A9

secondary

#BF9493

accent

#5C5BCD

background

#F8FBFB

surface

#F0F7F7

border

#CBD0D0

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8A9

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

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