#4EBCB5#4EBCB5

#4EBCB5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.100 H 189.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCB5
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 181)
HSL	hsl(176, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(176, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.12, -32.82, -5.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.12, 33.34, 190.15°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% -0.099 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.1 189.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.4619, 40.9193, 50.0527)
Luminance	0.4092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCB5 #BC4E55

analogous

#4EBC7E #4EBCB5 #4E8CBC

triadic

#4EBCB5 #B54EBC #BCB54E

tetradic

#4EBCB5 #7E4EBC #BC4E55 #8CBC4E

square

#4EBCB5 #7E4EBC #BC4E55 #8CBC4E

split-complementary

#4EBCB5 #BC4E8C #BC7E4E

monochromatic

#276864 #38958F #4EBCB5 #7ACDC8 #A7DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EBCB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.18

#4EBCB5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCB5

9.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCB5	1.00	2.29	9.18	9.18
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1A6B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebcb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.100 189.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0cb',
    500: '#4ebcb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebcb5;
$custom-light: #8bd0cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebcb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.182,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73024,
    "c": 0.10035,
    "h": 189.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCB5

secondary

#CB9B9E

accent

#535BD5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F8

border

#CBD2D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCB5

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

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