#4EA996#4EA996

#4EA996 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.092 H 177.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA996
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(167, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(167, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 11.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -31.87, 1.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 31.91, 177.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% -0.0919 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.092 177.7)
XYZ	xyz(22.8324, 32.1955, 33.8594)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA996 #A94E61

analogous

#4EA968 #4EA996 #4E8EA9

triadic

#4EA996 #964EA9 #A9964E

tetradic

#4EA996 #684EA9 #A94E61 #8EA94E

square

#4EA996 #684EA9 #A94E61 #8EA94E

split-complementary

#4EA996 #A94E8E #A9684E

monochromatic

#27554C #3B7F71 #4EA996 #75BFB0 #9FD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4EA996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#4EA996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA996

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA996	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A095

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959597

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1BABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.092 177.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3b4',
    500: '#4ea996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea996;
$custom-light: #87c3b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.473,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67379,
    "c": 0.09198,
    "h": 177.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA996

secondary

#BF939D

accent

#5B73CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA996

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

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