#4EB8A0#4EB8A0

#4EB8A0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A0
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 160)
HSL	hsl(166, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(166, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 13%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -36.38, 3.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 36.51, 175.20°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1041 0.0075)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.104 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6246, 38.4361, 39.2667)
Luminance	0.3844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A0 #B84E66

analogous

#4EB86B #4EB8A0 #4E9BB8

triadic

#4EB8A0 #A04EB8 #B8A04E

tetradic

#4EB8A0 #6B4EB8 #B84E66 #9BB84E

square

#4EB8A0 #6B4EB8 #B84E66 #9BB84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A0 #B84E9B #B86B4E

monochromatic

#286456 #398F7C #4EB8A0 #7ACAB7 #A5DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB8A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4EB8A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A0

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A0	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2AD9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cebc',
    500: '#4eb8a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a0;
$custom-light: #89cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.415,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71392,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A0

secondary

#C89AA4

accent

#5572D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A0

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

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