#4EB8A6#4EB8A6

#4EB8A6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 180.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A6
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 166)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 9.8%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.50, -34.87, -0.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.50, 34.87, 180.03°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.1014 -0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.101 180.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1622, 38.6512, 42.0980)
Luminance	0.3865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A6 #B84E60

analogous

#4EB871 #4EB8A6 #4E95B8

triadic

#4EB8A6 #A64EB8 #B8A64E

tetradic

#4EB8A6 #714EB8 #B84E60 #95B84E

square

#4EB8A6 #714EB8 #B84E60 #95B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A6 #B84E95 #B8714E

monochromatic

#28645A #398F81 #4EB8A6 #7ACABC #A5DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB8A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#4EB8A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A6

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A6	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 180.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec0',
    500: '#4eb8a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a6;
$custom-light: #8acec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.811,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71571,
    "c": 0.10137,
    "h": 180.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A6

secondary

#C89AA1

accent

#556BD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A6

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

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