#4EB8CD#4EB8CD

#4EB8CD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.101 H 212.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB8CD
RGB	rgb(78, 184, 205)
HSL	hsl(190, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(190, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(62%, 10.2%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.69, -24.07, -19.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.69, 31.10, 219.29°)
OKLab	oklab(72.93% -0.0846 -0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(72.93% 0.101 212.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2973, 40.3052, 63.8761)
Luminance	0.4031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB8CD #CD634E

analogous

#4ECDA2 #4EB8CD #4E79CD

triadic

#4EB8CD #CD4EB8 #B8CD4E

tetradic

#4EB8CD #A24ECD #CD634E #79CD4E

square

#4EB8CD #A24ECD #CD634E #79CD4E

split-complementary

#4EB8CD #CD4E79 #CDA24E

monochromatic

#236E7D #3198AD #4EB8CD #7ECBDA #ADDEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EB8CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.06

#4EB8CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB8CD

9.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB8CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB8CD	1.00	2.32	9.06	9.06
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8B2CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95A4CD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb8cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 184, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.101 212.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcddc',
    500: '#4eb8cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb8cd;
$custom-light: #8dcddc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb8cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.921,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72925,
    "c": 0.10075,
    "h": 212.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB8CD

secondary

#D6AAA1

accent

#6149DF

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FB

border

#CBD2D4

text

#0D1315

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB8CD

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

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