#4EA997#4EA997

#4EA997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.091 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA997
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(168, 37%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(168, 54%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 0%, 10.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -31.62, 1.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 31.64, 178.09°)
OKLab	oklab(67.41% -0.0914 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(67.41% 0.091 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.9133, 32.2279, 34.2853)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA997 #A94E60

analogous

#4EA969 #4EA997 #4E8DA9

triadic

#4EA997 #974EA9 #A9974E

tetradic

#4EA997 #694EA9 #A94E60 #8DA94E

square

#4EA997 #694EA9 #A94E60 #8DA94E

split-complementary

#4EA997 #A94E8D #A9694E

monochromatic

#27554C #3B7F72 #4EA997 #75BFB1 #9FD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#4EA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#4EA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA997

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA997	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959698

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#19ABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.091 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#87c3b5',
    500: '#4ea997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea997;
$custom-light: #87c3b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.132,
    "s": 36.842,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67409,
    "c": 0.09147,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA997

secondary

#BF939C

accent

#5B71CD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA997

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

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