#4EB8A2#4EB8A2

#4EB8A2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A2
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 162)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 12%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -35.89, 2.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 35.94, 176.76°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% -0.1032 0.0048)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.103 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8010, 38.5067, 40.1955)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A2 #B84E64

analogous

#4EB86D #4EB8A2 #4E99B8

triadic

#4EB8A2 #A24EB8 #B8A24E

tetradic

#4EB8A2 #6D4EB8 #B84E64 #99B84E

square

#4EB8A2 #6D4EB8 #B84E64 #99B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A2 #B84E99 #B86D4E

monochromatic

#286457 #398F7E #4EB8A2 #7ACAB9 #A5DBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB8A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4EB8A2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A2

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A2	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BAB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cebd',
    500: '#4eb8a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a2;
$custom-light: #89cebd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.547,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71451,
    "c": 0.1033,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A2

secondary

#C89AA3

accent

#556FD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A2

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

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