#4EB8BC#4EB8BC

#4EB8BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.097 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8BC
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 2.1%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.13, -28.97, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.13, 31.06, 201.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.3% -0.0917 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(72.3% 0.097 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3556, 39.5285, 53.6499)
Luminance	0.3953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8BC #BC524E

analogous

#4EBC89 #4EB8BC #4E81BC

triadic

#4EB8BC #BC4EB8 #B8BC4E

tetradic

#4EB8BC #894EBC #BC524E #81BC4E

square

#4EB8BC #894EBC #BC524E #81BC4E

split-complementary

#4EB8BC #BC4E81 #BC894E

monochromatic

#276668 #389195 #4EB8BC #7ACACD #A7DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB8BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#4EB8BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8BC

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8BC	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA3BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.097 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdd0',
    500: '#4eb8bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8bc;
$custom-light: #8bcdd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72295,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39532
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8BC

secondary

#CB9D9B

accent

#5853D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8BC

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

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