#4EB995#4EB995

#4EB995 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.113 H 168.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB995
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 149)
HSL	hsl(160, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(160, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 19.5%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -39.48, 9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 40.52, 166.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.1103 0.0234)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.113 168)
XYZ	xyz(25.9131, 38.4850, 34.4907)
Luminance	0.3849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB995 #B94E72

analogous

#4EB960 #4EB995 #4EA8B9

triadic

#4EB995 #954EB9 #B9954E

tetradic

#4EB995 #604EB9 #B94E72 #A8B94E

square

#4EB995 #604EB9 #B94E72 #A8B94E

split-complementary

#4EB995 #B94EA8 #B9604E

monochromatic

#286550 #399173 #4EB995 #7ACAAF #A6DCCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#4EB995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB995

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB995	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AD93

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A297

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0FBAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.113 168.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceb4',
    500: '#4eb995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb995;
$custom-light: #89ceb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 159.813,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71332,
    "c": 0.11277,
    "h": 168
  },
  "luminance": 0.38488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB995

secondary

#C99AAA

accent

#557FD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB995

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

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