#4EB8B2#4EB8B2

#4EB8B2 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.098 H 190.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8B2
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 178)
HSL	hsl(177, 43%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(177, 58%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 0%, 3.3%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, -31.72, -6.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 32.31, 190.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.096 -0.0171)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.098 190.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3148, 39.1122, 48.1681)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8B2 #B84E54

analogous

#4EB87D #4EB8B2 #4E89B8

triadic

#4EB8B2 #B24EB8 #B8B24E

tetradic

#4EB8B2 #7D4EB8 #B84E54 #89B84E

square

#4EB8B2 #7D4EB8 #B84E54 #89B84E

split-complementary

#4EB8B2 #B84E89 #B87D4E

monochromatic

#286460 #398F8A #4EB8B2 #7ACAC5 #A5DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#4EB8B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#4EB8B2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8B2

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8B2	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEAFB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9DA3B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.098 190.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acdc9',
    500: '#4eb8b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8b2;
$custom-light: #8acdc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.604,
    "s": 42.742,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71953,
    "c": 0.09751,
    "h": 190.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8B2

secondary

#C89A9C

accent

#555CD3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8B2

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

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