#4EB4C8#4EB4C8

#4EB4C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 212.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB4C8
RGB	rgb(78, 180, 200)
HSL	hsl(190, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 10%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -23.52, -18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 30.23, 218.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0824 -0.0527)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.098 212.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8842, 38.4293, 60.4751)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB4C8 #C8624E

analogous

#4EC89F #4EB4C8 #4E77C8

triadic

#4EB4C8 #C84EB4 #B4C84E

tetradic

#4EB4C8 #9F4EC8 #C8624E #77C84E

square

#4EB4C8 #9F4EC8 #C8624E #77C84E

split-complementary

#4EB4C8 #C84E77 #C89F4E

monochromatic

#256977 #3393A5 #4EB4C8 #7DC8D7 #ABDCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB4C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4EB4C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB4C8

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB4C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB4C8	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4AEC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92A1C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb4c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 180, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 212.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccad8',
    500: '#4eb4c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb4c8;
$custom-light: #8ccad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb4c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.836,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71783,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 212.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB4C8

secondary

#D3A89F

accent

#634CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB4C8

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

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