#4EC0AA#4EC0AA

#4EC0AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.108 H 178.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC0AA
RGB	rgb(78, 192, 170)
HSL	hsl(168, 48%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(168, 59%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.4%, 0%, 11.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.02, -37.54, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.02, 37.57, 177.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.66% -0.1082 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(73.66% 0.108 178.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2439, 42.2183, 44.6302)
Luminance	0.4222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC0AA #C04E64

analogous

#4EC071 #4EC0AA #4E9DC0

triadic

#4EC0AA #AA4EC0 #C0AA4E

tetradic

#4EC0AA #714EC0 #C04E64 #9DC04E

square

#4EC0AA #714EC0 #C04E64 #9DC04E

split-complementary

#4EC0AA #C04E9D #C0714E

monochromatic

#276D5F #379A87 #4EC0AA #7BD0C0 #A8E0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#4EC0AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#4EC0AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC0AA

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC0AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC0AA	1.00	2.22	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.22	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)

#B9B5A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8A9AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C3B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec0aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 192, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.108 178.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd3c3',
    500: '#4ec0aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec0aa;
$custom-light: #8bd3c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec0aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.421,
    "s": 47.5,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73656,
    "c": 0.10828,
    "h": 178.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC0AA

secondary

#CE9CA6

accent

#516BD7

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC0AA

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

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