#4EB0A5#4EB0A5

#4EB0A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.093 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0A5
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 165)
HSL	hsl(173, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(173, 56%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 0%, 6.2%, 31%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -31.36, -3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 31.50, 185.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.093 -0.0087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.093 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.4558, 35.3845, 41.0784)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0A5 #B04E59

analogous

#4EB074 #4EB0A5 #4E8AB0

triadic

#4EB0A5 #A54EB0 #B0A54E

tetradic

#4EB0A5 #744EB0 #B04E59 #8AB04E

square

#4EB0A5 #744EB0 #B04E59 #8AB04E

split-complementary

#4EB0A5 #B04E8A #B0744E

monochromatic

#285B55 #3B867D #4EB0A5 #78C3BB #A2D6D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#4EB0A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#4EB0A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0A5

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0A5	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8A7A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#989CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.093 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c8bf',
    500: '#4eb0a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0a5;
$custom-light: #89c8bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.265,
    "s": 38.583,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69575,
    "c": 0.09339,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0A5

secondary

#C3979C

accent

#5966CF

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0A5

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

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