#4EB6BC#4EB6BC

#4EB6BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.096 H 200.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB6BC
RGB	rgb(78, 182, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 3.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, -27.99, -12.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 30.49, 203.34°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0895 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.096 200.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9431, 38.7035, 53.5124)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB6BC #BC544E

analogous

#4EBC8B #4EB6BC #4E7FBC

triadic

#4EB6BC #BC4EB6 #B6BC4E

tetradic

#4EB6BC #8B4EBC #BC544E #7FBC4E

square

#4EB6BC #8B4EBC #BC544E #7FBC4E

split-complementary

#4EB6BC #BC4E7F #BC8B4E

monochromatic

#276568 #389095 #4EB6BC #7AC8CD #A7DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB6BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4EB6BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB6BC

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB6BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB6BC	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb6bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 182, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.096 200.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bccd0',
    500: '#4eb6bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb6bc;
$custom-light: #8bccd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb6bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.273,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71814,
    "c": 0.09555,
    "h": 200.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB6BC

secondary

#CB9E9B

accent

#5A53D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB6BC

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

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