#4EB4BA#4EB4BA

#4EB4BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.094 H 200.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4BA
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 186)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -27.57, -11.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 30.06, 203.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0882 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.094 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.3223, 37.8045, 52.2493)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4BA #BA544E

analogous

#4EBA8A #4EB4BA #4E7EBA

triadic

#4EB4BA #BA4EB4 #B4BA4E

tetradic

#4EB4BA #8A4EBA #BA544E #7EBA4E

square

#4EB4BA #8A4EBA #BA544E #7EBA4E

split-complementary

#4EB4BA #BA4E7E #BA8A4E

monochromatic

#286266 #398D92 #4EB4BA #7AC7CB #A6D9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EB4BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4EB4BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4BA

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4BA	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8ADBB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A0BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.094 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcace',
    500: '#4eb4ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4ba;
$custom-light: #8bcace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71261,
    "c": 0.0942,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4BA

secondary

#CA9D9A

accent

#5B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4BA

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

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