#4EB8CC#4EB8CC

#4EB8CC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.100 H 212.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8CC
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 204)
HSL	hsl(190, 55%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.8%, 9.8%, 0%, 20%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.65, -24.36, -19.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.65, 31.02, 218.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.89% -0.085 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(72.89% 0.1 212.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.1770, 40.2571, 63.2424)
Luminance	0.4026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8CC #CC624E

analogous

#4ECCA1 #4EB8CC #4E79CC

triadic

#4EB8CC #CC4EB8 #B8CC4E

tetradic

#4EB8CC #A14ECC #CC624E #79CC4E

square

#4EB8CC #A14ECC #CC624E #79CC4E

split-complementary

#4EB8CC #CC4E79 #CCA14E

monochromatic

#246E7C #3198AB #4EB8CC #7ECBDA #ADDEE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB8CC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4EB8CC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8CC

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8CC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8CC	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96A4CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8cc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 204);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.100 212.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ccddb',
    500: '#4eb8cc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8cc;
$custom-light: #8ccddb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8cc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 204
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.524,
    "s": 55.263,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72886,
    "c": 0.10034,
    "h": 212.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8CC

secondary

#D5A9A1

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8CC

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

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