#4EB8A4#4EB8A4

#4EB8A4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 178.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A4
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 164)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 10.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.44, -35.38, 1.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.44, 35.40, 178.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.51% -0.1023 0.0021)
OKLCH	oklch(71.51% 0.102 178.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9802, 38.5784, 41.1393)
Luminance	0.3858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A4 #B84E62

analogous

#4EB86F #4EB8A4 #4E97B8

triadic

#4EB8A4 #A44EB8 #B8A44E

tetradic

#4EB8A4 #6F4EB8 #B84E62 #97B84E

square

#4EB8A4 #6F4EB8 #B84E62 #97B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A4 #B84E97 #B86F4E

monochromatic

#286458 #398F7F #4EB8A4 #7ACABA #A5DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB8A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4EB8A4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A4

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A4	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 178.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acebe',
    500: '#4eb8a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a4;
$custom-light: #8acebe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.679,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7151,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 178.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A4

secondary

#C89AA2

accent

#556DD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A4

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

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