#4EB5B0#4EB5B0

#4EB5B0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.095 H 190.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5B0
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 176)
HSL	hsl(177, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 2.8%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, -30.82, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 31.49, 191.82°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0936 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.095 190.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4988, 37.7993, 46.9127)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5B0 #B54E53

analogous

#4EB57C #4EB5B0 #4E86B5

triadic

#4EB5B0 #B04EB5 #B5B04E

tetradic

#4EB5B0 #7C4EB5 #B54E53 #86B54E

square

#4EB5B0 #7C4EB5 #B54E53 #86B54E

split-complementary

#4EB5B0 #B54E86 #B57C4E

monochromatic

#28605E #3A8B88 #4EB5B0 #79C7C3 #A4D9D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EB5B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#4EB5B0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5B0

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5B0	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABACB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA0B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.095 190.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc7',
    500: '#4eb5b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5b0;
$custom-light: #8acbc7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.087,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71157,
    "c": 0.09532,
    "h": 190.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5B0

secondary

#C6999B

accent

#575DD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5B0

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

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