#4EA9AF#4EA9AF

#4EA9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.087 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9AF
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 175)
HSL	hsl(184, 38%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(184, 55%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 3.4%, 0%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.23, -25.19, -11.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.23, 27.62, 204.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% -0.0808 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.087 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.0645, 33.0884, 45.6149)
Luminance	0.3309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9AF #AF544E

analogous

#4EAF84 #4EA9AF #4E79AF

triadic

#4EA9AF #AF4EA9 #A9AF4E

tetradic

#4EA9AF #844EAF #AF544E #79AF4E

square

#4EA9AF #844EAF #AF544E #79AF4E

split-complementary

#4EA9AF #AF4E79 #AF844E

monochromatic

#28575A #3B8085 #4EA9AF #78BEC3 #A2D2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#4EA9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.62

#4EA9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9AF

7.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9AF	1.00	2.76	7.62	7.62
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA2B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.087 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3c6',
    500: '#4ea9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9af;
$custom-light: #89c3c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.711,
    "s": 38.34,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68209,
    "c": 0.08662,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9AF

secondary

#C39996

accent

#615ACE

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9AF

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

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