#4EB8A1#4EB8A1

#4EB8A1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.104 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A1
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 161)
HSL	hsl(167, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(167, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 12.5%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, -36.14, 2.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 36.23, 175.97°)
OKLab	oklab(71.42% -0.1036 0.0062)
OKLCH	oklch(71.42% 0.104 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7125, 38.4713, 39.7293)
Luminance	0.3847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A1 #B84E65

analogous

#4EB86C #4EB8A1 #4E9AB8

triadic

#4EB8A1 #A14EB8 #B8A14E

tetradic

#4EB8A1 #6C4EB8 #B84E65 #9AB84E

square

#4EB8A1 #6C4EB8 #B84E65 #9AB84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A1 #B84E9A #B86C4E

monochromatic

#286457 #398F7D #4EB8A1 #7ACAB8 #A5DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB8A1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#4EB8A1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A1

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A1	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)

#B2AEA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A2A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.104 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cebc',
    500: '#4eb8a1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a1;
$custom-light: #89cebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.981,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71421,
    "c": 0.10383,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A1

secondary

#C89AA4

accent

#5570D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A1

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

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