#4EB6A2#4EB6A2

#4EB6A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.101 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6A2
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 57%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 0%, 11%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, -34.96, 1.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 34.98, 178.12°)
OKLab	oklab(70.96% -0.101 0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(70.96% 0.101 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3885, 37.6816, 40.0580)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6A2 #B64E62

analogous

#4EB66E #4EB6A2 #4E96B6

triadic

#4EB6A2 #A24EB6 #B6A24E

tetradic

#4EB6A2 #6E4EB6 #B64E62 #96B64E

square

#4EB6A2 #6E4EB6 #B64E62 #96B64E

split-complementary

#4EB6A2 #B64E96 #B66E4E

monochromatic

#286156 #3A8D7D #4EB6A2 #79C8B9 #A5DAD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#4EB6A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#4EB6A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6A2

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6A2	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFACA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA0A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.101 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ccbd',
    500: '#4eb6a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6a2;
$custom-light: #89ccbd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 41.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70958,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6A2

secondary

#C799A2

accent

#566ED1

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6A2

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

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