#4EB4AC#4EB4AC

#4EB4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 188.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4AC
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 4.4%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -31.42, -4.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 31.79, 188.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.78% -0.0943 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(70.78% 0.095 188.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9063, 37.2381, 44.7914)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4AC #B44E56

analogous

#4EB479 #4EB4AC #4E89B4

triadic

#4EB4AC #AC4EB4 #B4AC4E

tetradic

#4EB4AC #794EB4 #B44E56 #89B44E

square

#4EB4AC #794EB4 #B44E56 #89B44E

split-complementary

#4EB4AC #B44E89 #B4794E

monochromatic

#285F5B #3B8A84 #4EB4AC #79C6C0 #A4D8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#4EB4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#4EB4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4AC

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4AC	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 188.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc4',
    500: '#4eb4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4ac;
$custom-light: #8acbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.294,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70781,
    "c": 0.09526,
    "h": 188.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4AC

secondary

#C6989C

accent

#5761D0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4AC

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

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