#4EB8A8#4EB8A8

#4EB8A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.101 H 181.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A8
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 168)
HSL	hsl(171, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(171, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 8.7%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.55, -34.36, -1.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.55, 34.38, 181.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.63% -0.1005 -0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(71.63% 0.101 181.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3471, 38.7251, 43.0717)
Luminance	0.3873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A8 #B84E5E

analogous

#4EB873 #4EB8A8 #4E93B8

triadic

#4EB8A8 #A84EB8 #B8A84E

tetradic

#4EB8A8 #734EB8 #B84E5E #93B84E

square

#4EB8A8 #734EB8 #B84E5E #93B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A8 #B84E93 #B8734E

monochromatic

#28645B #398F82 #4EB8A8 #7ACABD #A5DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB8A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4EB8A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A8

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A8	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0AEA7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.101 181.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec1',
    500: '#4eb8a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a8;
$custom-light: #8acec1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.943,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71633,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 181.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A8

secondary

#C89AA1

accent

#5568D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A8

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

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