#4EB8BE#4EB8BE

#4EB8BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.097 H 200.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8BE
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.19, -28.41, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.19, 30.92, 203.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0908 -0.0337)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.097 200.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5727, 39.6154, 54.7932)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8BE #BE544E

analogous

#4EBE8C #4EB8BE #4E80BE

triadic

#4EB8BE #BE4EB8 #B8BE4E

tetradic

#4EB8BE #8C4EBE #BE544E #80BE4E

square

#4EB8BE #8C4EBE #BE544E #80BE4E

split-complementary

#4EB8BE #BE4E80 #BE8C4E

monochromatic

#27676A #389297 #4EB8BE #7BCACE #A8DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#4EB8BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#4EB8BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8BE

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8BE	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACB0BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9AA3BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.097 200.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcdd1',
    500: '#4eb8be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8be;
$custom-light: #8bcdd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.214,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72366,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 200.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8BE

secondary

#CC9E9C

accent

#5952D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8BE

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

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