#4EA8AD#4EA8AD

#4EA8AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.086 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA8AD
RGB	rgb(78, 168, 173)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 2.9%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.87, -25.25, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.87, 27.45, 203.05°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0805 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.086 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.6842, 32.6397, 44.5263)
Luminance	0.3264 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA8AD #AD534E

analogous

#4EAD83 #4EA8AD #4E79AD

triadic

#4EA8AD #AD4EA8 #A8AD4E

tetradic

#4EA8AD #834EAD #AD534E #79AD4E

square

#4EA8AD #834EAD #AD534E #79AD4E

split-complementary

#4EA8AD #AD4E79 #AD834E

monochromatic

#285659 #3B7F83 #4EA8AD #77BEC2 #A1D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#4EA8AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#4EA8AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA8AD

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA8AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA8AD	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E96AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ADA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea8ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 168, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.086 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c2c5',
    500: '#4ea8ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea8ad;
$custom-light: #88c2c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea8ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.158,
    "s": 37.849,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67894,
    "c": 0.08581,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA8AD

secondary

#C29895

accent

#605ACE

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#F0F7F8

border

#CBD0D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA8AD

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

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