#4EB3A4#4EB3A4

#4EB3A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 182.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3A4
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 164)
HSL	hsl(171, 40%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(171, 56%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 0%, 8.4%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -33.04, -1.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 33.07, 182.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0968 -0.0038)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.097 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.9599, 36.5377, 40.7992)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3A4 #B34E5D

analogous

#4EB371 #4EB3A4 #4E8FB3

triadic

#4EB3A4 #A44EB3 #B3A44E

tetradic

#4EB3A4 #714EB3 #B34E5D #8FB34E

square

#4EB3A4 #714EB3 #B34E5D #8FB34E

split-complementary

#4EB3A4 #B34E8F #B3714E

monochromatic

#285E56 #3B897D #4EB3A4 #79C5BA #A4D8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4EB3A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#4EB3A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3A4

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3A4	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACAAA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cabe',
    500: '#4eb3a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3a4;
$custom-light: #89cabe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.089,
    "s": 39.921,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7028,
    "c": 0.09683,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3A4

secondary

#C5989F

accent

#586AD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3A4

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

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