#4EB8CB#4EB8CB

#4EB8CB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8CB
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 203)
HSL	hsl(189, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(189, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.6%, 9.4%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.62, -24.66, -18.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.62, 30.95, 217.17°)
OKLab	oklab(72.85% -0.0854 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(72.85% 0.1 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0574, 40.2092, 62.6127)
Luminance	0.4021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8CB #CB614E

analogous

#4ECB9F #4EB8CB #4E79CB

triadic

#4EB8CB #CB4EB8 #B8CB4E

tetradic

#4EB8CB #9F4ECB #CB614E #79CB4E

square

#4EB8CB #9F4ECB #CB614E #79CB4E

split-complementary

#4EB8CB #CB4E79 #CB9F4E

monochromatic

#246D7B #3298AA #4EB8CB #7DCBD9 #ADDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB8CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4EB8CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8CB

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8CB	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccdda',
    500: '#4eb8cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8cb;
$custom-light: #8ccdda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.12,
    "s": 54.585,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72848,
    "c": 0.09995,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8CB

secondary

#D5A8A0

accent

#604ADE

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8CB

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

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