#4EB4AB#4EB4AB

#4EB4AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.096 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4AB
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 171)
HSL	hsl(175, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 5%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.43, -31.68, -4.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.43, 31.98, 187.81°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0947 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.096 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8106, 37.1998, 44.2876)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4AB #B44E57

analogous

#4EB478 #4EB4AB #4E8AB4

triadic

#4EB4AB #AB4EB4 #B4AB4E

tetradic

#4EB4AB #784EB4 #B44E57 #8AB44E

square

#4EB4AB #784EB4 #B44E57 #8AB44E

split-complementary

#4EB4AB #B44E8A #B4784E

monochromatic

#285F5A #3B8A83 #4EB4AB #79C6BF #A4D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4EB4AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#4EB4AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4AB

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4AB	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.096 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbc4',
    500: '#4eb4ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4ab;
$custom-light: #89cbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.706,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70749,
    "c": 0.09551,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4AB

secondary

#C6989C

accent

#5762D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4AB

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

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