#4EB2BD#4EB2BD

#4EB2BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.094 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB2BD
RGB	rgb(78, 178, 189)
HSL	hsl(186, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(186, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 5.8%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, -25.72, -14.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 29.47, 209.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0848 -0.0398)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.094 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.2438, 37.1318, 53.8129)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB2BD #BD594E

analogous

#4EBD91 #4EB2BD #4E7BBD

triadic

#4EB2BD #BD4EB2 #B2BD4E

tetradic

#4EB2BD #914EBD #BD594E #7BBD4E

square

#4EB2BD #914EBD #BD594E #7BBD4E

split-complementary

#4EB2BD #BD4E7B #BD914E

monochromatic

#276369 #388D96 #4EB2BD #7BC5CE #A7D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4EB2BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#4EB2BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB2BD

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB2BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB2BD	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5ABBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#949FBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb2bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 178, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.094 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bc9d0',
    500: '#4eb2bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb2bd;
$custom-light: #8bc9d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb2bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.946,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7089,
    "c": 0.09363,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB2BD

secondary

#CCA09B

accent

#5F52D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB2BD

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

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