#4EB5B2#4EB5B2

#4EB5B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.095 H 192.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5B2
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 178)
HSL	hsl(178, 41%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(178, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 0%, 1.7%, 29%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.93, -30.28, -7.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.93, 31.19, 193.85°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% -0.0927 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.095 192.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6982, 37.8790, 47.9625)
Luminance	0.3788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5B2 #B54E51

analogous

#4EB57E #4EB5B2 #4E84B5

triadic

#4EB5B2 #B24EB5 #B5B24E

tetradic

#4EB5B2 #7E4EB5 #B54E51 #84B54E

square

#4EB5B2 #7E4EB5 #B54E51 #84B54E

split-complementary

#4EB5B2 #B54E84 #B57E4E

monochromatic

#28605F #3A8B89 #4EB5B2 #79C7C5 #A4D9D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EB5B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#4EB5B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5B2

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5B2	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABADB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA0B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.095 192.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acbc9',
    500: '#4eb5b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5b2;
$custom-light: #8acbc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.252,
    "s": 41.036,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71224,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 192.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5B2

secondary

#C6999A

accent

#575AD1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F8F8

border

#CBD1D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7D8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5B2

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

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