#4EB2AC#4EB2AC

#4EB2AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.093 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2AC
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 172)
HSL	hsl(176, 39%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(176, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 0%, 3.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -30.46, -5.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 30.99, 190.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0921 -0.016)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.093 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5055, 36.4364, 44.6578)
Luminance	0.3644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2AC #B24E54

analogous

#4EB27A #4EB2AC #4E86B2

triadic

#4EB2AC #AC4EB2 #B2AC4E

tetradic

#4EB2AC #7A4EB2 #B24E54 #86B24E

square

#4EB2AC #7A4EB2 #B24E54 #86B24E

split-complementary

#4EB2AC #B24E86 #B27A4E

monochromatic

#295D5A #3B8883 #4EB2AC #79C5C0 #A3D7D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4EB2AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#4EB2AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2AC

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2AC	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.093 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89c9c4',
    500: '#4eb2ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2ac;
$custom-light: #89c9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.4,
    "s": 39.37,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70293,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2AC

secondary

#C4989A

accent

#5960CF

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2AC

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

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