#4EB9AF#4EB9AF

#4EB9AF is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.099 H 186.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9AF
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 175)
HSL	hsl(174, 43%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(174, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.8%, 0%, 5.4%, 27.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, -33.00, -4.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 33.26, 187.19°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% -0.0984 -0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.099 186.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2253, 39.4099, 46.6685)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9AF #B94E58

analogous

#4EB97A #4EB9AF #4E8EB9

triadic

#4EB9AF #AF4EB9 #B9AF4E

tetradic

#4EB9AF #7A4EB9 #B94E58 #8EB94E

square

#4EB9AF #7A4EB9 #B94E58 #8EB94E

split-complementary

#4EB9AF #B94E8E #B97A4E

monochromatic

#28655F #399188 #4EB9AF #7ACAC3 #A6DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#4EB9AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#4EB9AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9AF

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9AF	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B0AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA3B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.099 186.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8acec6',
    500: '#4eb9af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9af;
$custom-light: #8acec6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.393,
    "s": 43.32,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72099,
    "c": 0.09911,
    "h": 186.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9AF

secondary

#C99A9E

accent

#5561D3

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1313

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9AF

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

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