#4EAC9E#4EAC9E

#4EAC9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.092 H 182.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EAC9E
RGB	rgb(78, 172, 158)
HSL	hsl(171, 38%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(171, 55%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.7%, 0%, 8.1%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -31.26, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 31.29, 182.26°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0916 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.092 182.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.0633, 33.5911, 37.5567)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EAC9E #AC4E5C

analogous

#4EAC6F #4EAC9E #4E8BAC

triadic

#4EAC9E #9E4EAC #AC9E4E

tetradic

#4EAC9E #6F4EAC #AC4E5C #8BAC4E

square

#4EAC9E #6F4EAC #AC4E5C #8BAC4E

split-complementary

#4EAC9E #AC4E8B #AC6F4E

monochromatic

#285851 #3B8277 #4EAC9E #76C1B6 #A0D4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#4EAC9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#4EAC9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EAC9E

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EAC9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EAC9E	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5A39E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96989F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#09AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eac9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 172, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.092 182.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88c5ba',
    500: '#4eac9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eac9e;
$custom-light: #88c5ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eac9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.064,
    "s": 37.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68368,
    "c": 0.09173,
    "h": 182.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EAC9E

secondary

#C1959B

accent

#5A6BCE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EAC9E

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

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