#4EB8AF#4EB8AF

#4EB8AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.098 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8AF
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 175)
HSL	hsl(175, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(175, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 4.9%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, -32.53, -4.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 32.85, 188.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.86% -0.0973 -0.013)
OKLCH	oklch(71.86% 0.098 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0168, 38.9930, 46.5990)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8AF #B84E57

analogous

#4EB87A #4EB8AF #4E8CB8

triadic

#4EB8AF #AF4EB8 #B8AF4E

tetradic

#4EB8AF #7A4EB8 #B84E57 #8CB84E

square

#4EB8AF #7A4EB8 #B84E57 #8CB84E

split-complementary

#4EB8AF #B84E8C #B87A4E

monochromatic

#28645F #398F88 #4EB8AF #7ACAC3 #A5DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#4EB8AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#4EB8AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8AF

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8AF	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFAFAF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.098 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec6',
    500: '#4eb8af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8af;
$custom-light: #8acec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.906,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71855,
    "c": 0.09818,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8AF

secondary

#C89A9E

accent

#5560D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8AF

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

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