#4EB8A9#4EB8A9

#4EB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.7% C 0.100 H 182.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8A9
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, -34.10, -1.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 34.14, 182.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.66% -0.1 -0.0047)
OKLCH	oklch(71.66% 0.1 182.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4406, 38.7625, 43.5642)
Luminance	0.3876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8A9 #B84E5D

analogous

#4EB874 #4EB8A9 #4E92B8

triadic

#4EB8A9 #A94EB8 #B8A94E

tetradic

#4EB8A9 #744EB8 #B84E5D #92B84E

square

#4EB8A9 #744EB8 #B84E5D #92B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8A9 #B84E92 #B8744E

monochromatic

#28645B #398F83 #4EB8A9 #7ACABE #A5DBD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4EB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8A9

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8A9	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)

#B0AEA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A2AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.7% 0.100 182.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec2',
    500: '#4eb8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8a9;
$custom-light: #8acec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.509,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71664,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 182.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8A9

secondary

#C89AA0

accent

#5567D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1312

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8A9

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

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