#4EAA9C#4EAA9C

#4EAA9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.090 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EAA9C
RGB	rgb(78, 170, 156)
HSL	hsl(171, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.97, -30.82, -1.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.97, 30.84, 182.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0903 -0.0034)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.09 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.5148, 32.7673, 36.5316)
Luminance	0.3277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EAA9C #AA4E5C

analogous

#4EAA6E #4EAA9C #4E8AAA

triadic

#4EAA9C #9C4EAA #AA9C4E

tetradic

#4EAA9C #6E4EAA #AA4E5C #8AAA4E

square

#4EAA9C #6E4EAA #AA4E5C #8AAA4E

split-complementary

#4EAA9C #AA4E8A #AA6E4E

monochromatic

#28564F #3B8076 #4EAA9C #75C0B5 #9FD3CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4EAA9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.55

#4EAA9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EAA9C

7.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EAA9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EAA9C	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)

#A3A19B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#10ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eaa9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 170, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.090 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3b9',
    500: '#4eaa9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eaa9c;
$custom-light: #88c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eaa9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.87,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67812,
    "c": 0.09037,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EAA9C

secondary

#C0949B

accent

#5B6CCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EAA9C

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

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