#4EB5BC#4EB5BC

#4EB5BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.095 H 201.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5BC
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 188)
HSL	hsl(184, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(184, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 3.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -27.50, -12.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 30.22, 204.49°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0884 -0.0347)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.095 201.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7390, 38.2954, 53.4444)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5BC #BC554E

analogous

#4EBC8C #4EB5BC #4E7EBC

triadic

#4EB5BC #BC4EB5 #B5BC4E

tetradic

#4EB5BC #8C4EBC #BC554E #7EBC4E

square

#4EB5BC #8C4EBC #BC554E #7EBC4E

split-complementary

#4EB5BC #BC4E7E #BC8C4E

monochromatic

#276468 #388F95 #4EB5BC #7AC8CD #A7DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#4EB5BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#4EB5BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5BC

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5BC	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9AEBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.095 201.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd0',
    500: '#4eb5bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5bc;
$custom-light: #8bcbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.818,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71573,
    "c": 0.09498,
    "h": 201.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5BC

secondary

#CB9E9B

accent

#5B53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5BC

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

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