#4EB9BC#4EB9BC

#4EB9BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.097 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9BC
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 188)
HSL	hsl(182, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 1.6%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.43, -29.46, -10.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.43, 31.36, 200.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0927 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.097 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5641, 39.9454, 53.7194)
Luminance	0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9BC #BC514E

analogous

#4EBC88 #4EB9BC #4E82BC

triadic

#4EB9BC #BC4EB9 #B9BC4E

tetradic

#4EB9BC #884EBC #BC514E #82BC4E

square

#4EB9BC #884EBC #BC514E #82BC4E

split-complementary

#4EB9BC #BC4E82 #BC884E

monochromatic

#276668 #389295 #4EB9BC #7ACBCD #A7DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#4EB9BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99

#4EB9BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9BC

8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9BC	1.00	2.34	8.99	8.99
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA4BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.097 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced0',
    500: '#4eb9bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9bc;
$custom-light: #8bced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72536,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9BC

secondary

#CB9C9B

accent

#5753D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9BC

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