#4EB5C8#4EB5C8

#4EB5C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.098 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB5C8
RGB	rgb(78, 181, 200)
HSL	hsl(189, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 9.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.63, -24.03, -18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.63, 30.35, 217.66°)
OKLab	oklab(72.02% -0.0835 -0.0514)
OKLCH	oklch(72.02% 0.098 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0868, 38.8345, 60.5426)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB5C8 #C8614E

analogous

#4EC89E #4EB5C8 #4E78C8

triadic

#4EB5C8 #C84EB5 #B5C84E

tetradic

#4EB5C8 #9E4EC8 #C8614E #78C84E

square

#4EB5C8 #9E4EC8 #C8614E #78C84E

split-complementary

#4EB5C8 #C84E78 #C89E4E

monochromatic

#256A77 #3394A5 #4EB5C8 #7DC9D7 #ABDCE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB5C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#4EB5C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB5C8

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB5C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB5C8	1.00	2.40	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6AFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#94A2C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb5c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 181, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.098 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccbd8',
    500: '#4eb5c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb5c8;
$custom-light: #8ccbd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb5c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.344,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72021,
    "c": 0.09805,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB5C8

secondary

#D3A79F

accent

#624CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB5C8

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

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