#4EBCBE#4EBCBE

#4EBCBE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.099 H 196.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBCBE
RGB	rgb(78, 188, 190)
HSL	hsl(181, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(181, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.39, -30.36, -10.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.39, 32.09, 198.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0951 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.099 196.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4154, 41.3007, 55.0741)
Luminance	0.4130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBCBE #BE504E

analogous

#4EBE88 #4EBCBE #4E84BE

triadic

#4EBCBE #BE4EBC #BCBE4E

tetradic

#4EBCBE #884EBE #BE504E #84BE4E

square

#4EBCBE #884EBE #BE504E #84BE4E

split-complementary

#4EBCBE #BE4E84 #BE884E

monochromatic

#27696A #389697 #4EBCBE #7BCDCE #A8DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#4EBCBE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.26

#4EBCBE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBCBE

9.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBCBE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBCBE	1.00	2.27	9.26	9.26
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0B4BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA7BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C2BC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebcbe;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 188, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.099 196.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd0d1',
    500: '#4ebcbe',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebcbe;
$custom-light: #8cd0d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebcbe",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73328,
    "c": 0.09937,
    "h": 196.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBCBE

secondary

#CC9C9C

accent

#5452D6

background

#F9FCFC

surface

#F1F9F9

border

#CBD2D2

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBCBE

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

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