#4EB5BE#4EB5BE

#4EB5BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.095 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5BE
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 190)
HSL	hsl(185, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 4.7%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -26.93, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 30.14, 206.68°)
OKLab	oklab(71.65% -0.0876 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(71.65% 0.095 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9561, 38.3822, 54.5877)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5BE #BE574E

analogous

#4EBE8F #4EB5BE #4E7DBE

triadic

#4EB5BE #BE4EB5 #B5BE4E

tetradic

#4EB5BE #8F4EBE #BE574E #7DBE4E

square

#4EB5BE #8F4EBE #BE574E #7DBE4E

split-complementary

#4EB5BE #BE4E7D #BE8F4E

monochromatic

#27656A #389097 #4EB5BE #7BC8CE #A8DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB5BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#4EB5BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5BE

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5BE	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEBF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#97A1BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.095 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd1',
    500: '#4eb5be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5be;
$custom-light: #8bcbd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.821,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71646,
    "c": 0.09525,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5BE

secondary

#CC9F9C

accent

#5C52D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5BE

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

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