#4EBBAD#4EBBAD

#4EBBAD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.102 H 183.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBBAD
RGB	rgb(78, 187, 173)
HSL	hsl(172, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(172, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 7.5%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.59, -34.47, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.59, 34.54, 183.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.1015 -0.0066)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.102 183.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4517, 40.1746, 45.7821)
Luminance	0.4018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBBAD #BB4E5C

analogous

#4EBB77 #4EBBAD #4E92BB

triadic

#4EBBAD #AD4EBB #BBAD4E

tetradic

#4EBBAD #774EBB #BB4E5C #92BB4E

square

#4EBBAD #774EBB #BB4E5C #92BB4E

split-complementary

#4EBBAD #BB4E92 #BB774E

monochromatic

#28675F #399388 #4EBBAD #7ACCC1 #A6DDD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EBBAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.04

#4EBBAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBBAD

9.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBBAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBBAD	1.00	2.32	9.04	9.04
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3B1AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2A5AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebbad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 187, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.102 183.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0c5',
    500: '#4ebbad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebbad;
$custom-light: #8ad0c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebbad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.294,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.1017,
    "h": 183.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBBAD

secondary

#CA9BA1

accent

#5464D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBBAD

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

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