#4EBAB9#4EBAB9

#4EBAB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.098 H 194.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBAB9
RGB	rgb(78, 186, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.1%, 0%, 0.5%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.64, -30.78, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.64, 32.00, 195.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.67% -0.0951 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(72.67% 0.098 194.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4540, 40.2373, 52.1039)
Luminance	0.4024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBAB9 #BA4E4F

analogous

#4EBA83 #4EBAB9 #4E85BA

triadic

#4EBAB9 #B94EBA #BAB94E

tetradic

#4EBAB9 #834EBA #BA4E4F #85BA4E

square

#4EBAB9 #834EBA #BA4E4F #85BA4E

split-complementary

#4EBAB9 #BA4E85 #BA834E

monochromatic

#286665 #399291 #4EBAB9 #7ACBCA #A6DCDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EBAB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.05

#4EBAB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBAB9

9.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBAB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBAB9	1.00	2.32	9.05	9.05
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebab9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 186, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.098 194.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bcfce',
    500: '#4ebab9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebab9;
$custom-light: #8bcfce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebab9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.444,
    "s": 43.902,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72673,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 194.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBAB9

secondary

#CA9A9B

accent

#5455D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBAB9

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

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