#4EAA9D#4EAA9D

#4EAA9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.090 H 183.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EAA9D
RGB	rgb(78, 170, 157)
HSL	hsl(172, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(172, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.1%, 0%, 7.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -30.56, -1.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 30.61, 183.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0898 -0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.09 183.1)
XYZ	xyz(23.5998, 32.8013, 36.9793)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EAA9D #AA4E5B

analogous

#4EAA6F #4EAA9D #4E89AA

triadic

#4EAA9D #9D4EAA #AA9D4E

tetradic

#4EAA9D #6F4EAA #AA4E5B #89AA4E

square

#4EAA9D #6F4EAA #AA4E5B #89AA4E

split-complementary

#4EAA9D #AA4E89 #AA6F4E

monochromatic

#285650 #3B8076 #4EAA9D #75C0B5 #9FD3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#4EAA9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#4EAA9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EAA9D

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EAA9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EAA9D	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A19D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94979E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0EADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eaa9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 170, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.090 183.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c3b9',
    500: '#4eaa9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eaa9d;
$custom-light: #88c3b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eaa9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.522,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67843,
    "c": 0.08997,
    "h": 183.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EAA9D

secondary

#C0949A

accent

#5B6BCD

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1211

muted

#7D8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EAA9D

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

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