#4EB9AB#4EB9AB

#4EB9AB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 183.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9AB
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 171)
HSL	hsl(172, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 7.6%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -34.05, -2.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 34.12, 183.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.97% -0.1002 -0.0063)
OKLCH	oklch(71.97% 0.1 183.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.8383, 39.2551, 44.6301)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9AB #B94E5C

analogous

#4EB976 #4EB9AB #4E92B9

triadic

#4EB9AB #AB4EB9 #B9AB4E

tetradic

#4EB9AB #764EB9 #B94E5C #92B94E

square

#4EB9AB #764EB9 #B94E5C #92B94E

split-complementary

#4EB9AB #B94E92 #B9764E

monochromatic

#28655D #399185 #4EB9AB #7ACAC0 #A6DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB9AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#4EB9AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9AB

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9AB	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 183.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec4',
    500: '#4eb9ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9ab;
$custom-light: #8acec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.15,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71971,
    "c": 0.1004,
    "h": 183.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9AB

secondary

#C99AA0

accent

#5565D3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#F0F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7D8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9AB

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

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