#4EB8CA#4EB8CA

#4EB8CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8CA
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 202)
HSL	hsl(189, 54%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.4%, 8.9%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, -24.95, -18.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 30.88, 216.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% -0.0858 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.1 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9386, 40.1617, 61.9872)
Luminance	0.4017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8CA #CA604E

analogous

#4ECA9E #4EB8CA #4E7ACA

triadic

#4EB8CA #CA4EB8 #B8CA4E

tetradic

#4EB8CA #9E4ECA #CA604E #7ACA4E

square

#4EB8CA #9E4ECA #CA604E #7ACA4E

split-complementary

#4EB8CA #CA4E7A #CA9E4E

monochromatic

#246D79 #3297A8 #4EB8CA #7DCBD8 #ACDEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB8CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#4EB8CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8CA

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8CA	1.00	2.32	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9B2CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdda',
    500: '#4eb8ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8ca;
$custom-light: #8ccdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.71,
    "s": 53.913,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7281,
    "c": 0.09958,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8CA

secondary

#D4A7A0

accent

#604BDD

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8CA

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

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