#4EA9AC#4EA9AC

#4EA9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.086 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9AC
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 172)
HSL	hsl(182, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(182, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 1.7%, 0%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.14, -26.04, -9.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.14, 27.81, 200.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.1% -0.0821 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(68.1% 0.086 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.7731, 32.9718, 44.0804)
Luminance	0.3297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9AC #AC514E

analogous

#4EAC80 #4EA9AC #4E7AAC

triadic

#4EA9AC #AC4EA9 #A9AC4E

tetradic

#4EA9AC #804EAC #AC514E #7AAC4E

square

#4EA9AC #804EAC #AC514E #7AAC4E

split-complementary

#4EA9AC #AC4E7A #AC804E

monochromatic

#285658 #3B8082 #4EA9AC #76BFC1 #A0D2D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#4EA9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#4EA9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9AC

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9AC	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FA2AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.086 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3c4',
    500: '#4ea9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9ac;
$custom-light: #88c3c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.915,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68102,
    "c": 0.0864,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9AC

secondary

#C19695

accent

#5E5ACE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1212

muted

#7D8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9AC

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

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