#4EB79D#4EB79D

#4EB79D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.105 H 174.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB79D
RGB	rgb(78, 183, 157)
HSL	hsl(165, 42%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(165, 57%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.4%, 0%, 14.2%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, -36.67, 4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 36.90, 173.53°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.1044 0.0104)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.105 174.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.1584, 37.9184, 37.8322)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB79D #B74E68

analogous

#4EB768 #4EB79D #4E9CB7

triadic

#4EB79D #9D4EB7 #B79D4E

tetradic

#4EB79D #684EB7 #B74E68 #9CB74E

square

#4EB79D #684EB7 #B74E68 #9CB74E

split-complementary

#4EB79D #B74E9C #B7684E

monochromatic

#286354 #3A8E79 #4EB79D #7AC9B5 #A5DACD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#4EB79D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#4EB79D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB79D

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB79D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB79D	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AC9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A19F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb79d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 183, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.105 174.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cdb9',
    500: '#4eb79d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb79d;
$custom-light: #89cdb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb79d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.143,
    "s": 42.169,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71057,
    "c": 0.10491,
    "h": 174.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB79D

secondary

#C899A5

accent

#5675D2

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1311

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB79D

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

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