#4EB5A2#4EB5A2

#4EB5A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.100 H 179.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5A2
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 162)
HSL	hsl(169, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 10.5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -34.49, 0.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 34.50, 178.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0999 0.0013)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.1 179.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1844, 37.2735, 39.9900)
Luminance	0.3728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5A2 #B54E61

analogous

#4EB56E #4EB5A2 #4E94B5

triadic

#4EB5A2 #A24EB5 #B5A24E

tetradic

#4EB5A2 #6E4EB5 #B54E61 #94B54E

square

#4EB5A2 #6E4EB5 #B54E61 #94B54E

split-complementary

#4EB5A2 #B54E94 #B56E4E

monochromatic

#286056 #3A8B7D #4EB5A2 #79C7B9 #A4D9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#4EB5A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#4EB5A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5A2

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5A2	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)

#AEABA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.100 179.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cbbd',
    500: '#4eb5a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5a2;
$custom-light: #89cbbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.932,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70711,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 179.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5A2

secondary

#C699A1

accent

#576DD1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F8F6

border

#CBD1D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5A2

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

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