#4EB5AE#4EB5AE

#4EB5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.096 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5AE
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 174)
HSL	hsl(176, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(176, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 3.9%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.81, -31.36, -5.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.81, 31.83, 189.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% -0.0945 -0.0152)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.096 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3024, 37.7207, 45.8782)
Luminance	0.3772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5AE #B54E55

analogous

#4EB57A #4EB5AE #4E88B5

triadic

#4EB5AE #AE4EB5 #B5AE4E

tetradic

#4EB5AE #7A4EB5 #B54E55 #88B54E

square

#4EB5AE #7A4EB5 #B54E55 #88B54E

split-complementary

#4EB5AE #B54E88 #B57A4E

monochromatic

#28605D #3A8B86 #4EB5AE #79C7C2 #A4D9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4EB5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#4EB5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5AE

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5AE	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACACAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.096 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc6',
    500: '#4eb5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5ae;
$custom-light: #8acbc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.922,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71091,
    "c": 0.0957,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5AE

secondary

#C6999C

accent

#575FD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5AE

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

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