#4EC5AC#4EC5AC

#4EC5AC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.113 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5AC
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 172)
HSL	hsl(167, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(167, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 12.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.58, -39.31, 2.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.58, 39.39, 176.15°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.1127 0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.113 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5510, 44.5276, 46.0064)
Luminance	0.4453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5AC #C54E67

analogous

#4EC571 #4EC5AC #4EA3C5

triadic

#4EC5AC #AC4EC5 #C5AC4E

tetradic

#4EC5AC #714EC5 #C54E67 #A3C54E

square

#4EC5AC #714EC5 #C54E67 #A3C54E

split-complementary

#4EC5AC #C54EA3 #C5714E

monochromatic

#267363 #35A18A #4EC5AC #7CD4C2 #AAE3D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#4EC5AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#4EC5AC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5AC

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5AC	1.00	2.12	9.91	9.91
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.113 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7c4',
    500: '#4ec5ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ac;
$custom-light: #8cd7c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.395,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7494,
    "c": 0.11285,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5AC

secondary

#D19EA9

accent

#4E6BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5AC

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

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