#4EA9AE#4EA9AE

#4EA9AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.087 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9AE
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 174)
HSL	hsl(183, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(183, 55%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.2%, 2.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.20, -25.48, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.20, 27.67, 202.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0812 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.087 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9667, 33.0492, 45.0996)
Luminance	0.3305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9AE #AE534E

analogous

#4EAE83 #4EA9AE #4E79AE

triadic

#4EA9AE #AE4EA9 #A9AE4E

tetradic

#4EA9AE #834EAE #AE534E #79AE4E

square

#4EA9AE #834EAE #AE534E #79AE4E

split-complementary

#4EA9AE #AE4E79 #AE834E

monochromatic

#285759 #3B8084 #4EA9AE #77BEC2 #A1D2D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4EA9AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#4EA9AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9AE

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9AE	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F97AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.087 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3c6',
    500: '#4ea9ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9ae;
$custom-light: #89c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.125,
    "s": 38.095,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68173,
    "c": 0.08652,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9AE

secondary

#C29896

accent

#605ACE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9AE

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

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