#4EBCA9#4EBCA9

#4EBCA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.104 H 180.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCA9
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 169)
HSL	hsl(170, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(170, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.79, -35.96, 0.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.79, 35.96, 179.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.1044 0)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.104 180)
XYZ	xyz(28.2833, 40.4479, 43.8451)
Luminance	0.4045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCA9 #BC4E61

analogous

#4EBC72 #4EBCA9 #4E98BC

triadic

#4EBCA9 #A94EBC #BCA94E

tetradic

#4EBCA9 #724EBC #BC4E61 #98BC4E

square

#4EBCA9 #724EBC #BC4E61 #98BC4E

split-complementary

#4EBCA9 #BC4E98 #BC724E

monochromatic

#27685D #389585 #4EBCA9 #7ACDBF #A7DED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#4EBCA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.09

#4EBCA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCA9

9.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCA9	1.00	2.31	9.09	9.09
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5B2A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A5AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.104 180.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad0c2',
    500: '#4ebca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebca9;
$custom-light: #8ad0c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.636,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72644,
    "c": 0.10437,
    "h": 180
  },
  "luminance": 0.40451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCA9

secondary

#CB9BA3

accent

#5369D5

background

#F9FCFB

surface

#F1F9F7

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCA9

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

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