#4EB9C8#4EB9C8

#4EB9C8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.099 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EB9C8
RGB	rgb(78, 185, 200)
HSL	hsl(187, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(187, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 7.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.81, -26.04, -16.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.81, 30.96, 212.76°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% -0.0877 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.099 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9118, 40.4845, 60.8176)
Luminance	0.4049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EB9C8 #C85D4E

analogous

#4EC89A #4EB9C8 #4E7CC8

triadic

#4EB9C8 #C84EB9 #B9C84E

tetradic

#4EB9C8 #9A4EC8 #C85D4E #7CC84E

square

#4EB9C8 #9A4EC8 #C85D4E #7CC84E

split-complementary

#4EB9C8 #C84E7C #C89A4E

monochromatic

#256D77 #3397A5 #4EB9C8 #7DCBD7 #ABDEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EB9C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#4EB9C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EB9C8

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EB9C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EB9C8	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB2C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4eb9c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 185, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.099 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cced8',
    500: '#4eb9c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4eb9c8;
$custom-light: #8cced8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4eb9c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.377,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72971,
    "c": 0.09924,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EB9C8

secondary

#D3A59F

accent

#5E4CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1314

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EB9C8

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

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