#4EBCA8#4EBCA8

#4EBCA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.105 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCA8
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 168)
HSL	hsl(169, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(169, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.76, -36.22, 0.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.76, 36.22, 178.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.1048 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.105 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.1898, 40.4105, 43.3526)
Luminance	0.4041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCA8 #BC4E62

analogous

#4EBC71 #4EBCA8 #4E99BC

triadic

#4EBCA8 #A84EBC #BCA84E

tetradic

#4EBCA8 #714EBC #BC4E62 #99BC4E

square

#4EBCA8 #714EBC #BC4E62 #99BC4E

split-complementary

#4EBCA8 #BC4E99 #BC714E

monochromatic

#27685C #389584 #4EBCA8 #7ACDBE #A7DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EBCA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08

#4EBCA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCA8

9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCA8	1.00	2.31	9.08	9.08
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.105 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0c1',
    500: '#4ebca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebca8;
$custom-light: #8ad0c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.091,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72614,
    "c": 0.10483,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCA8

secondary

#CB9BA4

accent

#536BD5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCA8

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

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