#4EB4AE#4EB4AE

#4EB4AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.095 H 190.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4AE
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 40%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 0%, 3.3%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.51, -30.88, -5.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.51, 31.44, 190.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0934 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.095 190)
XYZ	xyz(27.0998, 37.3155, 45.8107)
Luminance	0.3732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4AE #B44E54

analogous

#4EB47B #4EB4AE #4E87B4

triadic

#4EB4AE #AE4EB4 #B4AE4E

tetradic

#4EB4AE #7B4EB4 #B44E54 #87B44E

square

#4EB4AE #7B4EB4 #B44E54 #87B44E

split-complementary

#4EB4AE #B44E87 #B47B4E

monochromatic

#285F5C #3B8A86 #4EB4AE #79C6C2 #A4D8D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4EB4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#4EB4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4AE

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4AE	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABABAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.095 190.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc6',
    500: '#4eb4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4ae;
$custom-light: #8acbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.471,
    "s": 40.476,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70847,
    "c": 0.09482,
    "h": 190
  },
  "luminance": 0.37318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4AE

secondary

#C6989B

accent

#575FD0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4AE

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

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