#4EA9B1#4EA9B1

#4EA9B1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.087 H 203.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9B1
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 177)
HSL	hsl(185, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(185, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 4.5%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -24.63, -12.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 27.55, 206.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0799 -0.0341)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.087 203.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2624, 33.1675, 46.6571)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9B1 #B1564E

analogous

#4EB187 #4EA9B1 #4E78B1

triadic

#4EA9B1 #B14EA9 #A9B14E

tetradic

#4EA9B1 #874EB1 #B1564E #78B14E

square

#4EA9B1 #874EB1 #B1564E #78B14E

split-complementary

#4EA9B1 #B14E78 #B1874E

monochromatic

#29585C #3B8087 #4EA9B1 #78BEC4 #A3D2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#4EA9B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#4EA9B1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9B1

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9B1	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E97B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.087 203.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3c8',
    500: '#4ea9b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9b1;
$custom-light: #89c3c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.848,
    "s": 38.824,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68282,
    "c": 0.08689,
    "h": 203.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9B1

secondary

#C49B97

accent

#6359CF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9B1

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

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