#4EB8A3#4EB8A3

#4EB8A3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.103 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A3
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 163)
HSL	hsl(168, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(168, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 11.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -35.63, 1.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 35.67, 177.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.48% -0.1027 0.0035)
OKLCH	oklch(71.48% 0.103 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8902, 38.5424, 40.6655)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A3 #B84E63

analogous

#4EB86E #4EB8A3 #4E98B8

triadic

#4EB8A3 #A34EB8 #B8A34E

tetradic

#4EB8A3 #6E4EB8 #B84E63 #98B84E

square

#4EB8A3 #6E4EB8 #B84E63 #98B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A3 #B84E98 #B86E4E

monochromatic

#286458 #398F7E #4EB8A3 #7ACABA #A5DBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB8A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4EB8A3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A3

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A3	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.103 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acebe',
    500: '#4eb8a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a3;
$custom-light: #8acebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.113,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7148,
    "c": 0.10279,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A3

secondary

#C89AA3

accent

#556ED3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A3

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

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