#4EB99D#4EB99D

#4EB99D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB99D
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 157)
HSL	hsl(164, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(164, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 15.1%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -37.58, 5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 37.91, 172.37°)
OKLab	oklab(71.55% -0.1066 0.0127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.55% 0.107 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5738, 38.7493, 37.9707)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB99D #B94E6A

analogous

#4EB968 #4EB99D #4EA0B9

triadic

#4EB99D #9D4EB9 #B99D4E

tetradic

#4EB99D #684EB9 #B94E6A #A0B94E

square

#4EB99D #684EB9 #B94E6A #A0B94E

split-complementary

#4EB99D #B94EA0 #B9684E

monochromatic

#286555 #39917A #4EB99D #7ACAB5 #A6DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB99D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#4EB99D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB99D

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB99D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB99D	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A29F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb99d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceb9',
    500: '#4eb99d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb99d;
$custom-light: #89ceb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb99d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.299,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71552,
    "c": 0.10735,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB99D

secondary

#C99AA6

accent

#5576D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB99D

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →