#4EB3BC#4EB3BC

#4EB3BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.094 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB3BC
RGB	rgb(78, 179, 188)
HSL	hsl(185, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 4.8%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, -26.51, -13.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 29.71, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0863 -0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.094 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3353, 37.4879, 53.3098)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB3BC #BC574E

analogous

#4EBC8E #4EB3BC #4E7CBC

triadic

#4EB3BC #BC4EB3 #B3BC4E

tetradic

#4EB3BC #8E4EBC #BC574E #7CBC4E

square

#4EB3BC #8E4EBC #BC574E #7CBC4E

split-complementary

#4EB3BC #BC4E7C #BC8E4E

monochromatic

#276368 #388D95 #4EB3BC #7AC6CD #A7D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#4EB3BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#4EB3BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB3BC

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB3BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB3BC	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#959FBC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb3bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 179, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.094 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcad0',
    500: '#4eb3bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb3bc;
$custom-light: #8bcad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb3bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71093,
    "c": 0.09392,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB3BC

secondary

#CB9F9B

accent

#5E53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB3BC

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →