#4EB9BE#4EB9BE

#4EB9BE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.097 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9BE
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 190)
HSL	hsl(183, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(183, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 2.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.49, -28.90, -11.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.49, 31.20, 202.12°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0919 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.097 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.7812, 40.0323, 54.8627)
Luminance	0.4003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9BE #BE534E

analogous

#4EBE8B #4EB9BE #4E81BE

triadic

#4EB9BE #BE4EB9 #B9BE4E

tetradic

#4EB9BE #8B4EBE #BE534E #81BE4E

square

#4EB9BE #8B4EBE #BE534E #81BE4E

split-complementary

#4EB9BE #BE4E81 #BE8B4E

monochromatic

#27676A #389397 #4EB9BE #7BCBCE #A8DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#4EB9BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.01

#4EB9BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9BE

9.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9BE	1.00	2.33	9.01	9.01
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADB1BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9BA4BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.097 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bced1',
    500: '#4eb9be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9be;
$custom-light: #8bced1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.679,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72606,
    "c": 0.09746,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9BE

secondary

#CC9E9C

accent

#5852D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9BE

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

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