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#4EBABC — Muted Teal

#4EBABC is a teal color we call Muted Teal, closest to the named color MediumTurquoise (#48D1CC). It belongs to the teal family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: mediumturquoise (#48D1CC) — not an exact match. CSS mediumturquoise gives you #48D1CC, a different color; use #4EBABC when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#4EBABC is a cool teal color associated with freshness, clarity and balance. It sits comfortably in the middle: usable for large areas in soft schemes, or as a supporting color beside something stronger.

Its strongest partner is its complement #BC4F4E; it also sits naturally between #4EBC86 and #4E83BC. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

#4EBABC · RGB 78, 186, 188

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Color values

HEX#4EBABC
RGB78, 186, 188
HSL181°, 45%, 52%
HSV181°, 59%, 74%
CMYK59%, 1%, 0%, 26%
XYZ29.78, 40.37, 53.80
Yxy40.37, 0.2402, 0.3257
CIE-Lab69.73, -29.94, -10.30
Hunter Lab63.54, -24.52, -9.54

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 31% · Green 73% · Blue 74%

Cyan 59% · Magenta 1% · Yellow 0% · Key 26%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

Sample text in #4EBABC on black
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.
Sample text in #4EBABC on white
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.

CSS code for #4EBABC

.text { color: #4EBABC; }
.background { background-color: #4EBABC; }
.border { border: 3px solid #4EBABC; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(78, 186, 188); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(181, 45%, 52%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #4EBABC; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(78, 186, 188, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #4EBABC; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(78, 186, 188, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#4EBABC">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#4EBABC">Div content here</div>

Shades of #4EBABC

#42ACAE#3B9A9B#358B8D#2E797A#276668#205455#194243#143334#0D2121#060F0F

Tints of #4EBABC

#5CC0C1#6FC7C8#7ECDCE#90D4D5#9FDADB#AEDFE0#C0E7E7#CFECED#E1F3F4#F0F9F9

Tones of #4EBABC

#55B3B4#5DAAAC#65A3A4#6D9B9C#759495#7D8C8C

Color harmonies

Complementary — #BC4F4E:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Against white text2.31:1 Fails
Against black text9.07:1 AAA

Best text color on #4EBABC: #000000.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #4EBABC

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

100%
Sample heading text
Smaller body text shows the effect best.

Blended color: · Contrast against #4EBABC: ·

How #4EBABC looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Protanopia · #7D7EBCDeuteranopia · #776EBBTritanopia · #53BBBB

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Tailwind teal 500 · #14B8A6Tailwind cyan 500 · #06B6D4Material Blue 500 · #2196F3

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #4EBABC rather than the exact color:

Palette F8f8f8
#F8F8F8 · #50B6BB · #45969B · #F96D15
Palette F7ecde
#F7ECDE · #E9DAC1 · #9ED2C6 · #54BAB9
Palette Fbf8f1
#FBF8F1 · #F7ECDE · #E9DAC1 · #54BAB9
Palette Ebefd0
#EBEFD0 · #32DBC6 · #49BEB7 · #FF502F
Palette Fcf9ea
#FCF9EA · #BADFDB · #49BEB7 · #FF8A5C
Palette A8fbd3
#A8FBD3 · #4FB7B3 · #637AB9 · #31326F

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

#50B6BB#54BAB9#49BEB7#4FB7B3#54BFB5#53B5B3#59C1BD#56B6C6#4AC6B7#59B4C3#48B3AF#43BFC7

Browse neighbouring colors

← #4EBABB  ·  #4EBABD →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #4EBABC?

#4EBABC is Muted Teal, a teal color (RGB 78, 186, 188). Its closest standard named color is MediumTurquoise.

What is the RGB and HSL of #4EBABC?

#4EBABC is RGB 78, 186, 188 — HSL 181°, 45%, 52% — CMYK 59%, 1%, 0%, 26%.

What colors go with #4EBABC?

Its complement is #BC4F4E; analogous partners are #4EBC86 and #4E83BC. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #4EBABC for text?

Black text on #4EBABC has a contrast ratio of 9.07:1 (passes WCAG AA); white text gives 2.31:1.