#4EB99E#4EB99E

#4EB99E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.107 H 173.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB99E
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 158)
HSL	hsl(165, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(165, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 14.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.59, -37.33, 4.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.59, 37.61, 173.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.58% -0.1061 0.0114)
OKLCH	oklch(71.58% 0.107 173.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6595, 38.7836, 38.4222)
Luminance	0.3879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB99E #B94E69

analogous

#4EB969 #4EB99E #4E9FB9

triadic

#4EB99E #9E4EB9 #B99E4E

tetradic

#4EB99E #694EB9 #B94E69 #9FB94E

square

#4EB99E #694EB9 #B94E69 #9FB94E

split-complementary

#4EB99E #B94E9F #B9694E

monochromatic

#286555 #39917B #4EB99E #7ACAB6 #A6DCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#4EB99E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#4EB99E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB99E

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB99E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB99E	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AE9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3A3A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb99e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.107 173.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89ceba',
    500: '#4eb99e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb99e;
$custom-light: #89ceba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb99e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.86,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71581,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 173.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB99E

secondary

#C99AA6

accent

#5575D3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0C1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB99E

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

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