#4EC5AA#4EC5AA

#4EC5AA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.114 H 175.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5AA
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 170)
HSL	hsl(166, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(166, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 13.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, -39.80, 3.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 39.97, 174.75°)
OKLab	oklab(74.88% -0.1136 0.0091)
OKLCH	oklch(74.88% 0.114 175.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3604, 44.4514, 45.0024)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5AA #C54E69

analogous

#4EC56F #4EC5AA #4EA4C5

triadic

#4EC5AA #AA4EC5 #C5AA4E

tetradic

#4EC5AA #6F4EC5 #C54E69 #A4C54E

square

#4EC5AA #6F4EC5 #C54E69 #A4C54E

split-complementary

#4EC5AA #C54EA4 #C56F4E

monochromatic

#267361 #35A188 #4EC5AA #7CD4C0 #AAE3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#4EC5AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#4EC5AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5AA

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5AA	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEB9A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADADAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.114 175.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8bd7c3',
    500: '#4ec5aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5aa;
$custom-light: #8bd7c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.387,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74882,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 175.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5AA

secondary

#D19EAA

accent

#4E6EDA

background

#F9FDFB

surface

#F1FAF7

border

#CBD3D0

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5AA

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

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