#4EB990#4EB990

#4EB990 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 165.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB990
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 144)
HSL	hsl(157, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(157, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 22.2%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -40.62, 11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 42.28, 163.92°)
OKLab	oklab(71.2% -0.1126 0.03)
OKLCH	oklch(71.2% 0.117 165.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.5224, 38.3288, 32.4333)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB990 #B94E77

analogous

#4EB95B #4EB990 #4EADB9

triadic

#4EB990 #904EB9 #B9904E

tetradic

#4EB990 #5B4EB9 #B94E77 #ADB94E

square

#4EB990 #5B4EB9 #B94E77 #ADB94E

split-complementary

#4EB990 #B94EAD #B95B4E

monochromatic

#28654D #39916F #4EB990 #7ACAAC #A6DCC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#4EB990 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#4EB990 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB990

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB990	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB990	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AD8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6A293

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb990;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 165.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89cfb0',
    500: '#4eb990',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb990;
$custom-light: #89cfb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb990",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 157.009,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71201,
    "c": 0.11656,
    "h": 165.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB990

secondary

#C99AAC

accent

#5585D3

background

#F8FCFA

surface

#F0F9F4

border

#CBD2CE

text

#0C1410

muted

#7D827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB990

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

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