#4EB8AE#4EB8AE

#4EB8AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.098 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8AE
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 174)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, -32.79, -4.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 33.05, 187.12°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.0978 -0.0116)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.098 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9190, 38.9539, 46.0837)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8AE #B84E58

analogous

#4EB879 #4EB8AE #4E8DB8

triadic

#4EB8AE #AE4EB8 #B8AE4E

tetradic

#4EB8AE #794EB8 #B84E58 #8DB84E

square

#4EB8AE #794EB8 #B84E58 #8DB84E

split-complementary

#4EB8AE #B84E8D #B8794E

monochromatic

#28645E #398F87 #4EB8AE #7ACAC2 #A5DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4EB8AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#4EB8AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8AE

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8AE	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA2AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.098 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec6',
    500: '#4eb8ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8ae;
$custom-light: #8acec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.34,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71822,
    "c": 0.09845,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8AE

secondary

#C89A9E

accent

#5561D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8AE

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

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