#4EBDC8#4EBDC8

#4EBDC8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.101 H 204.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBDC8
RGB	rgb(78, 189, 200)
HSL	hsl(185, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(185, 61%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, -28.02, -14.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 31.77, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(73.92% -0.0919 -0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(73.92% 0.101 204.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.7604, 42.1817, 61.1005)
Luminance	0.4219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBDC8 #C8594E

analogous

#4EC896 #4EBDC8 #4E80C8

triadic

#4EBDC8 #C84EBD #BDC84E

tetradic

#4EBDC8 #964EC8 #C8594E #80C84E

square

#4EBDC8 #964EC8 #C8594E #80C84E

split-complementary

#4EBDC8 #C84E80 #C8964E

monochromatic

#256F77 #339BA5 #4EBDC8 #7DCED7 #ABE0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#4EBDC8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#4EBDC8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBDC8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBDC8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBDC8	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFB6C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9CA8C8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4C0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebdc8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 189, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.101 204.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dd1d8',
    500: '#4ebdc8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebdc8;
$custom-light: #8dd1d8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebdc8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.41,
    "s": 52.586,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73924,
    "c": 0.10085,
    "h": 204.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBDC8

secondary

#D3A49F

accent

#594CDC

background

#F9FCFD

surface

#F1F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBDC8

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

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