#4EBE9C#4EBE9C

#4EBE9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.114 H 170.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EBE9C
RGB	rgb(78, 190, 156)
HSL	hsl(162, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(162, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.9%, 0%, 17.9%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.07, -40.06, 7.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.07, 40.80, 169.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.76% -0.1125 0.0198)
OKLCH	oklch(72.76% 0.114 170)
XYZ	xyz(27.5532, 40.8442, 37.8777)
Luminance	0.4085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EBE9C #BE4E70

analogous

#4EBE64 #4EBE9C #4EA8BE

triadic

#4EBE9C #9C4EBE #BE9C4E

tetradic

#4EBE9C #644EBE #BE4E70 #A8BE4E

square

#4EBE9C #644EBE #BE4E70 #A8BE4E

split-complementary

#4EBE9C #BE4EA8 #BE644E

monochromatic

#276A56 #38977A #4EBE9C #7BCEB5 #A8DFCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#4EBE9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#4EBE9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EBE9C

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EBE9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EBE9C	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9B29A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9A69E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ebe9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 190, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.114 170.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8ad2b9',
    500: '#4ebe9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ebe9c;
$custom-light: #8ad2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ebe9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.786,
    "s": 46.281,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72763,
    "c": 0.11423,
    "h": 170
  },
  "luminance": 0.40847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EBE9C

secondary

#CC9CAA

accent

#527AD6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#F0F9F6

border

#CBD2D0

text

#0D1411

muted

#7D8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EBE9C

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

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