#4EB2BC#4EB2BC

#4EB2BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.093 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2BC
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 5.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.34, -26.01, -13.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.34, 29.48, 208.07°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0852 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.093 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1356, 37.0885, 53.2432)
Luminance	0.3709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2BC #BC584E

analogous

#4EBC8F #4EB2BC #4E7BBC

triadic

#4EB2BC #BC4EB2 #B2BC4E

tetradic

#4EB2BC #8F4EBC #BC584E #7BBC4E

square

#4EB2BC #8F4EBC #BC584E #7BBC4E

split-complementary

#4EB2BC #BC4E7B #BC8F4E

monochromatic

#276268 #388C95 #4EB2BC #7AC5CD #A7D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4EB2BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#4EB2BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2BC

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2BC	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.093 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9d0',
    500: '#4eb2bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2bc;
$custom-light: #8bc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.455,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.09343,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2BC

secondary

#CB9F9B

accent

#5F53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2BC

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

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