#4EB9BD#4EB9BD

#4EB9BD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9BD
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 46%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(182, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 2.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.46, -29.18, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.46, 31.27, 201.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.57% -0.0923 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(72.57% 0.097 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.6722, 39.9887, 54.2891)
Luminance	0.3999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9BD #BD524E

analogous

#4EBD89 #4EB9BD #4E82BD

triadic

#4EB9BD #BD4EB9 #B9BD4E

tetradic

#4EB9BD #894EBD #BD524E #82BD4E

square

#4EB9BD #894EBD #BD524E #82BD4E

split-complementary

#4EB9BD #BD4E82 #BD894E

monochromatic

#276769 #389396 #4EB9BD #7BCBCE #A7DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4EB9BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#4EB9BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9BD

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9BD	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced0',
    500: '#4eb9bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9bd;
$custom-light: #8bced0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.162,
    "s": 45.679,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72571,
    "c": 0.09741,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9BD

secondary

#CC9D9B

accent

#5752D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9BD

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