#4EB496#4EB496

#4EB496 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.106 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB496
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.87, -36.99, 6.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.87, 37.55, 170.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.1043 0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.106 171)
XYZ	xyz(24.9656, 36.4618, 34.5704)
Luminance	0.3646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB496 #B44E6C

analogous

#4EB463 #4EB496 #4E9FB4

triadic

#4EB496 #964EB4 #B4964E

tetradic

#4EB496 #634EB4 #B44E6C #9FB44E

square

#4EB496 #634EB4 #B44E6C #9FB44E

split-complementary

#4EB496 #B44E9F #B4634E

monochromatic

#285F4F #3B8A73 #4EB496 #79C6AF #A4D8C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#4EB496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#4EB496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB496

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB496	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)

#AFA995

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A09E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#12B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.106 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#88cbb4',
    500: '#4eb496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb496;
$custom-light: #88cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 162.353,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70114,
    "c": 0.1056,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.36464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB496

secondary

#C698A6

accent

#577BD0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB496

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

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