#4EC4AC#4EC4AC

#4EC4AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.112 H 177.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC4AC
RGB	rgb(78, 196, 172)
HSL	hsl(168, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.2%, 0%, 12.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.28, -38.85, 2.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.28, 38.92, 176.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.69% -0.1116 0.0053)
OKLCH	oklch(74.69% 0.112 177.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3247, 44.0750, 45.9309)
Luminance	0.4408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC4AC #C44E66

analogous

#4EC471 #4EC4AC #4EA1C4

triadic

#4EC4AC #AC4EC4 #C4AC4E

tetradic

#4EC4AC #714EC4 #C44E66 #A1C44E

square

#4EC4AC #714EC4 #C44E66 #A1C44E

split-complementary

#4EC4AC #C44EA1 #C4714E

monochromatic

#267262 #35A08A #4EC4AC #7CD3C2 #AAE3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#4EC4AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#4EC4AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC4AC

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC4AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC4AC	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDB9AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABACAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec4ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 196, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.112 177.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd6c4',
    500: '#4ec4ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec4ac;
$custom-light: #8bd6c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec4ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.797,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74695,
    "c": 0.11173,
    "h": 177.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC4AC

secondary

#D09EA8

accent

#4E6BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC4AC

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

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