#4EB4AA#4EB4AA

#4EB4AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 186.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4AA
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 170)
HSL	hsl(174, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 5.6%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -31.95, -3.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 32.18, 186.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0952 -0.0109)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.096 186.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7157, 37.1619, 43.7875)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4AA #B44E58

analogous

#4EB477 #4EB4AA #4E8BB4

triadic

#4EB4AA #AA4EB4 #B4AA4E

tetradic

#4EB4AA #774EB4 #B44E58 #8BB44E

square

#4EB4AA #774EB4 #B44E58 #8BB44E

split-complementary

#4EB4AA #B44E8B #B4774E

monochromatic

#285F5A #3B8A82 #4EB4AA #79C6BF #A4D8D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4EB4AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#4EB4AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4AA

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4AA	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)

#ABABAA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 186.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc3',
    500: '#4eb4aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4aa;
$custom-light: #89cbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.118,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.09579,
    "h": 186.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4AA

secondary

#C6989D

accent

#5763D0

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F7

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4AA

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

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