#4EB596#4EB596

#4EB596 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.107 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB596
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 150)
HSL	hsl(162, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(162, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 17.1%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, -37.45, 6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 38.07, 169.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.1054 0.0176)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.107 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.1682, 36.8670, 34.6380)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB596 #B54E6D

analogous

#4EB562 #4EB596 #4EA0B5

triadic

#4EB596 #964EB5 #B5964E

tetradic

#4EB596 #624EB5 #B54E6D #A0B54E

square

#4EB596 #624EB5 #B54E6D #A0B54E

split-complementary

#4EB596 #B54EA0 #B5624E

monochromatic

#28604F #3A8B73 #4EB596 #79C7B0 #A4D9C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#4EB596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#4EB596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB596

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB596	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AA94

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19F98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#11B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.107 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccb4',
    500: '#4eb596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb596;
$custom-light: #89ccb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.942,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70363,
    "c": 0.10687,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB596

secondary

#C699A6

accent

#577CD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB596

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

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