#4EB8A5#4EB8A5

#4EB8A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.102 H 179.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A5
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 165)
HSL	hsl(169, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(169, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 10.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, -35.13, 0.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 35.13, 179.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.54% -0.1018 0.0008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.54% 0.102 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0708, 38.6146, 41.6168)
Luminance	0.3862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A5 #B84E61

analogous

#4EB870 #4EB8A5 #4E96B8

triadic

#4EB8A5 #A54EB8 #B8A54E

tetradic

#4EB8A5 #704EB8 #B84E61 #96B84E

square

#4EB8A5 #704EB8 #B84E61 #96B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A5 #B84E96 #B8704E

monochromatic

#286459 #398F80 #4EB8A5 #7ACABB #A5DBD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB8A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#4EB8A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A5

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A5	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)

#B1AEA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A2A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.102 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acebf',
    500: '#4eb8a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a5;
$custom-light: #8acebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.245,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71541,
    "c": 0.10182,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A5

secondary

#C89AA2

accent

#556CD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A5

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

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