#4EB997#4EB997

#4EB997 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.111 H 169.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB997
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 151)
HSL	hsl(161, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(161, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 18.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -39.01, 8.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 39.85, 168.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.1094 0.0208)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.111 169.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.0741, 38.5495, 35.3389)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB997 #B94E70

analogous

#4EB962 #4EB997 #4EA6B9

triadic

#4EB997 #974EB9 #B9974E

tetradic

#4EB997 #624EB9 #B94E70 #A6B94E

square

#4EB997 #624EB9 #B94E70 #A6B94E

split-complementary

#4EB997 #B94EA6 #B9624E

monochromatic

#286551 #399175 #4EB997 #7ACAB1 #A6DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#4EB997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#4EB997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB997

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB997	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AE95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0ABAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.111 169.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceb5',
    500: '#4eb997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb997;
$custom-light: #89ceb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.935,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71385,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 169.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB997

secondary

#C99AA9

accent

#557DD3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB997

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

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