#4EA9B4#4EA9B4

#4EA9B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.088 H 206.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EA9B4
RGB	rgb(78, 169, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(186, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 6.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -23.77, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 27.52, 210.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% -0.0787 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.088 206)
XYZ	xyz(25.5647, 33.2884, 48.2492)
Luminance	0.3329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EA9B4 #B4594E

analogous

#4EB48C #4EA9B4 #4E76B4

triadic

#4EA9B4 #B44EA9 #A9B44E

tetradic

#4EA9B4 #8C4EB4 #B4594E #76B44E

square

#4EA9B4 #8C4EB4 #B4594E #76B44E

split-complementary

#4EA9B4 #B44E76 #B48C4E

monochromatic

#28595F #3B828A #4EA9B4 #79BEC6 #A4D3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#4EA9B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#4EA9B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EA9B4

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EA9B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EA9B4	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D97B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ea9b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 169, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.088 206.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c3ca',
    500: '#4ea9b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ea9b4;
$custom-light: #89c3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ea9b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68392,
    "c": 0.08751,
    "h": 206
  },
  "luminance": 0.33291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EA9B4

secondary

#C69D98

accent

#6557D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1213

muted

#7D8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EA9B4

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

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