#4EBBB8#4EBBB8

#4EBBB8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.099 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBBB8
RGB	rgb(78, 187, 184)
HSL	hsl(178, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.91, -31.53, -7.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.91, 32.49, 193.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.88% -0.0966 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(72.88% 0.099 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5602, 40.6180, 51.6203)
Luminance	0.4062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBBB8 #BB4E51

analogous

#4EBB82 #4EBBB8 #4E87BB

triadic

#4EBBB8 #B84EBB #BBB84E

tetradic

#4EBBB8 #824EBB #BB4E51 #87BB4E

square

#4EBBB8 #824EBB #BB4E51 #87BB4E

split-complementary

#4EBBB8 #BB4E87 #BB824E

monochromatic

#286765 #399391 #4EBBB8 #7ACCCA #A6DDDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EBBB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#4EBBB8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBBB8

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBBB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBBB8	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebbb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 187, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.099 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0cd',
    500: '#4ebbb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebbb8;
$custom-light: #8bd0cd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebbb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.349,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72881,
    "c": 0.09903,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBBB8

secondary

#CA9B9C

accent

#5457D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBBB8

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

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