#4EB0BC#4EB0BC

#4EB0BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.093 H 206.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB0BC
RGB	rgb(78, 176, 188)
HSL	hsl(187, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(187, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 6.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.75, -25.01, -14.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.75, 29.04, 210.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.083 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.093 206.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.7406, 36.2984, 53.1116)
Luminance	0.3630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB0BC #BC5A4E

analogous

#4EBC91 #4EB0BC #4E79BC

triadic

#4EB0BC #BC4EB0 #B0BC4E

tetradic

#4EB0BC #914EBC #BC5A4E #79BC4E

square

#4EB0BC #914EBC #BC5A4E #79BC4E

split-complementary

#4EB0BC #BC4E79 #BC914E

monochromatic

#276168 #388A95 #4EB0BC #7AC4CD #A7D8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#4EB0BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#4EB0BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB0BC

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB0BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB0BC	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AABD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#929DBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb0bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 176, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.093 206.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ac8d0',
    500: '#4eb0bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb0bc;
$custom-light: #8ac8d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb0bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.545,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70373,
    "c": 0.09253,
    "h": 206.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB0BC

secondary

#CBA09B

accent

#6153D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB0BC

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

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