#4EB8A7#4EB8A7

#4EB8A7 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 181.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A7
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 167)
HSL	hsl(170, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(170, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 9.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -34.62, -0.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 34.62, 180.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.6% -0.1009 -0.002)
OKLCH	oklch(71.6% 0.101 181.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.2543, 38.6880, 42.5830)
Luminance	0.3869 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A7 #B84E5F

analogous

#4EB872 #4EB8A7 #4E94B8

triadic

#4EB8A7 #A74EB8 #B8A74E

tetradic

#4EB8A7 #724EB8 #B84E5F #94B84E

square

#4EB8A7 #724EB8 #B84E5F #94B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A7 #B84E94 #B8724E

monochromatic

#28645A #398F82 #4EB8A7 #7ACABD #A5DBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB8A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#4EB8A7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A7

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A7	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AEA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 181.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec1',
    500: '#4eb8a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a7;
$custom-light: #8acec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.377,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71602,
    "c": 0.10093,
    "h": 181.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A7

secondary

#C89AA1

accent

#5569D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A7

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

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