#4EB5BB#4EB5BB

#4EB5BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.095 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5BB
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 187)
HSL	hsl(183, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.21, -27.78, -12.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.21, 30.27, 203.40°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.0888 -0.0333)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.095 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.6316, 38.2524, 52.8786)
Luminance	0.3826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5BB #BB544E

analogous

#4EBB8B #4EB5BB #4E7FBB

triadic

#4EB5BB #BB4EB5 #B5BB4E

tetradic

#4EB5BB #8B4EBB #BB544E #7FBB4E

square

#4EB5BB #8B4EBB #BB544E #7FBB4E

split-complementary

#4EB5BB #BB4E7F #BB8B4E

monochromatic

#286467 #398E93 #4EB5BB #7AC7CC #A6DADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4EB5BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.65

#4EB5BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5BB

8.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5BB	1.00	2.43	8.65	8.65
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A1BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.095 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbcf',
    500: '#4eb5bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5bb;
$custom-light: #8bcbcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.303,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71538,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5BB

secondary

#CA9D9B

accent

#5B54D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5BB

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

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