#4EAA9B#4EAA9B

#4EAA9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.091 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EAA9B
RGB	rgb(78, 170, 155)
HSL	hsl(170, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(170, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 8.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.94, -31.08, -0.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.94, 31.08, 181.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% -0.0907 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.091 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(23.4304, 32.7335, 36.0874)
Luminance	0.3274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EAA9B #AA4E5D

analogous

#4EAA6D #4EAA9B #4E8BAA

triadic

#4EAA9B #9B4EAA #AA9B4E

tetradic

#4EAA9B #6D4EAA #AA4E5D #8BAA4E

square

#4EAA9B #6D4EAA #AA4E5D #8BAA4E

split-complementary

#4EAA9B #AA4E8B #AA6D4E

monochromatic

#28564E #3B8075 #4EAA9B #75C0B4 #9FD3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4EAA9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4EAA9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EAA9B

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EAA9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EAA9B	1.00	2.78	7.55	7.55
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95969C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eaa9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 170, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.091 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3b8',
    500: '#4eaa9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eaa9b;
$custom-light: #88c3b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eaa9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.217,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6778,
    "c": 0.09077,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EAA9B

secondary

#C0949B

accent

#5B6DCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EAA9B

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

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