#4EB5BF#4EB5BF

#4EB5BF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.095 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5BF
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 191)
HSL	hsl(185, 47%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 5.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -26.64, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 30.12, 207.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.68% -0.0872 -0.0388)
OKLCH	oklch(71.68% 0.095 204)
XYZ	xyz(29.0658, 38.4261, 55.1653)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5BF #BF584E

analogous

#4EBF91 #4EB5BF #4E7CBF

triadic

#4EB5BF #BF4EB5 #B5BF4E

tetradic

#4EB5BF #914EBF #BF584E #7CBF4E

square

#4EB5BF #914EBF #BF584E #7CBF4E

split-complementary

#4EB5BF #BF4E7C #BF914E

monochromatic

#27666C #379099 #4EB5BF #7BC8CF #A8DBE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB5BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4EB5BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5BF

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5BF	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8AEC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A1BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.095 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcbd2',
    500: '#4eb5bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5bf;
$custom-light: #8bcbd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.31,
    "s": 46.888,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71682,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.38429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5BF

secondary

#CDA09C

accent

#5D51D7

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F8F9

border

#CBD1D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5BF

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

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