#4EB8BB#4EB8BB

#4EB8BB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8BB
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 187)
HSL	hsl(182, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.10, -29.25, -10.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.10, 31.14, 200.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.26% -0.0921 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(72.26% 0.097 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2482, 39.4856, 53.0842)
Luminance	0.3949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8BB #BB514E

analogous

#4EBB87 #4EB8BB #4E82BB

triadic

#4EB8BB #BB4EB8 #B8BB4E

tetradic

#4EB8BB #874EBB #BB514E #82BB4E

square

#4EB8BB #874EBB #BB514E #82BB4E

split-complementary

#4EB8BB #BB4E82 #BB874E

monochromatic

#286567 #399193 #4EB8BB #7ACACC #A6DBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB8BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#4EB8BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8BB

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8BB	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdcf',
    500: '#4eb8bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8bb;
$custom-light: #8bcdcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.651,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7226,
    "c": 0.09672,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8BB

secondary

#CA9C9B

accent

#5754D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8BB

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

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