#4EBBB9#4EBBB9

#4EBBB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.407; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.099 H 193.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBBB9
RGB	rgb(78, 187, 185)
HSL	hsl(179, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(179, 58%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.3%, 0%, 1.1%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.94, -31.26, -8.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.94, 32.35, 194.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% -0.0962 -0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.099 193.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6654, 40.6601, 52.1743)
Luminance	0.4066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBBB9 #BB4E50

analogous

#4EBB83 #4EBBB9 #4E87BB

triadic

#4EBBB9 #B94EBB #BBB94E

tetradic

#4EBBB9 #834EBB #BB4E50 #87BB4E

square

#4EBBB9 #834EBB #BB4E50 #87BB4E

split-complementary

#4EBBB9 #BB4E87 #BB834E

monochromatic

#286766 #399392 #4EBBB9 #7ACCCA #A6DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#4EBBB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#4EBBB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBBB9

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBBB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBBB9	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B2B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9FA5BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C0BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebbb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 187, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.099 193.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0ce',
    500: '#4ebbb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebbb9;
$custom-light: #8bd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebbb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.899,
    "s": 44.49,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72915,
    "c": 0.09891,
    "h": 193.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBBB9

secondary

#CA9B9B

accent

#5456D4

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBBB9

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

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