#4EBCB9#4EBCB9

#4EBCB9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.411; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.100 H 192.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCB9
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 185)
HSL	hsl(178, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(178, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 0%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.24, -31.74, -7.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.24, 32.70, 193.97°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0972 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.1 192.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8783, 41.0859, 52.2453)
Luminance	0.4109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCB9 #BC4E51

analogous

#4EBC82 #4EBCB9 #4E88BC

triadic

#4EBCB9 #B94EBC #BCB94E

tetradic

#4EBCB9 #824EBC #BC4E51 #88BC4E

square

#4EBCB9 #824EBC #BC4E51 #88BC4E

split-complementary

#4EBCB9 #BC4E88 #BC824E

monochromatic

#276866 #389592 #4EBCB9 #7ACDCB #A7DEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.28

#4EBCB9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.22

#4EBCB9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCB9

9.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCB9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCB9	1.00	2.28	9.22	9.22
#FFFFFF	2.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1B3B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0A6BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C1BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebcb9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.100 192.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd0ce',
    500: '#4ebcb9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebcb9;
$custom-light: #8bd0ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebcb9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.364,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73157,
    "c": 0.09969,
    "h": 192.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCB9

secondary

#CB9B9C

accent

#5357D5

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCB9

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

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