#4EBCA6#4EBCA6

#4EBCA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.403; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.106 H 177.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCA6
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 166)
HSL	hsl(168, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.71, -36.72, 1.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.71, 36.76, 177.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.55% -0.1057 0.0041)
OKLCH	oklch(72.55% 0.106 177.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.0049, 40.3365, 42.3789)
Luminance	0.4034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCA6 #BC4E64

analogous

#4EBC6F #4EBCA6 #4E9BBC

triadic

#4EBCA6 #A64EBC #BCA64E

tetradic

#4EBCA6 #6F4EBC #BC4E64 #9BBC4E

square

#4EBCA6 #6F4EBC #BC4E64 #9BBC4E

split-complementary

#4EBCA6 #BC4E9B #BC6F4E

monochromatic

#27685B #389582 #4EBCA6 #7ACDBC #A7DED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.32

#4EBCA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.07

#4EBCA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCA6

9.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCA6	1.00	2.32	9.07	9.07
#FFFFFF	2.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B1A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5A5A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.106 177.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad1c0',
    500: '#4ebca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebca6;
$custom-light: #8ad1c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72554,
    "c": 0.10581,
    "h": 177.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.40339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCA6

secondary

#CB9BA4

accent

#536DD5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCA6

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

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