#4EB7BC#4EB7BC

#4EB7BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.096 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB7BC
RGB	rgb(78, 183, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -28.48, -11.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 30.77, 202.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% -0.0906 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.096 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1486, 39.1145, 53.5809)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB7BC #BC534E

analogous

#4EBC8A #4EB7BC #4E80BC

triadic

#4EB7BC #BC4EB7 #B7BC4E

tetradic

#4EB7BC #8A4EBC #BC534E #80BC4E

square

#4EB7BC #8A4EBC #BC534E #80BC4E

split-complementary

#4EB7BC #BC4E80 #BC8A4E

monochromatic

#276568 #389095 #4EB7BC #7AC9CD #A7DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB7BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4EB7BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB7BC

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB7BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB7BC	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABAFBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA2BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb7bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 183, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.096 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdd0',
    500: '#4eb7bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb7bc;
$custom-light: #8bcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb7bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.727,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72055,
    "c": 0.09613,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB7BC

secondary

#CB9D9B

accent

#5953D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB7BC

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

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