#4EB9AC#4EB9AC

#4EB9AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.100 H 184.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9AC
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 172)
HSL	hsl(173, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(173, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 7%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -33.79, -2.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 33.89, 184.46°)
OKLab	oklab(72% -0.0997 -0.0076)
OKLCH	oklch(72% 0.1 184.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9339, 39.2934, 45.1340)
Luminance	0.3930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9AC #B94E5B

analogous

#4EB977 #4EB9AC #4E91B9

triadic

#4EB9AC #AC4EB9 #B9AC4E

tetradic

#4EB9AC #774EB9 #B94E5B #91B94E

square

#4EB9AC #774EB9 #B94E5B #91B94E

split-complementary

#4EB9AC #B94E91 #B9774E

monochromatic

#28655D #399186 #4EB9AC #7ACAC1 #A6DCD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#4EB9AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#4EB9AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9AC

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9AC	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1AFAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A3AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.100 184.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec4',
    500: '#4eb9ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9ac;
$custom-light: #8acec4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.71,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72003,
    "c": 0.10004,
    "h": 184.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9AC

secondary

#C99AA0

accent

#5564D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9AC

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

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