#4EB5AC#4EB5AC

#4EB5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 187.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5AC
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 172)
HSL	hsl(175, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 5%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -31.90, -4.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 32.20, 187.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.03% -0.0954 -0.0124)
OKLCH	oklch(71.03% 0.096 187.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1089, 37.6433, 44.8590)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5AC #B54E57

analogous

#4EB578 #4EB5AC #4E8AB5

triadic

#4EB5AC #AC4EB5 #B5AC4E

tetradic

#4EB5AC #784EB5 #B54E57 #8AB54E

square

#4EB5AC #784EB5 #B54E57 #8AB54E

split-complementary

#4EB5AC #B54E8A #B5784E

monochromatic

#28605B #3A8B84 #4EB5AC #79C7C0 #A4D9D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4EB5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#4EB5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5AC

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5AC	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA0AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 187.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc4',
    500: '#4eb5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5ac;
$custom-light: #8acbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.757,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71025,
    "c": 0.09619,
    "h": 187.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5AC

secondary

#C6999D

accent

#5762D1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5AC

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

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