#4EC5AD#4EC5AD

#4EC5AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 177.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5AD
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 173)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 12.2%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, -39.06, 2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 39.11, 176.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.1122 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.112 177.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6474, 44.5662, 46.5141)
Luminance	0.4457 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5AD #C54E66

analogous

#4EC572 #4EC5AD #4EA2C5

triadic

#4EC5AD #AD4EC5 #C5AD4E

tetradic

#4EC5AD #724EC5 #C54E66 #A2C54E

square

#4EC5AD #724EC5 #C54E66 #A2C54E

split-complementary

#4EC5AD #C54EA2 #C5724E

monochromatic

#267363 #35A18B #4EC5AD #7CD4C2 #AAE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#4EC5AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.91

#4EC5AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5AD

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5AD	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)

#BEBAAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 177.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7c5',
    500: '#4ec5ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ad;
$custom-light: #8cd7c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.899,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74969,
    "c": 0.11233,
    "h": 177.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5AD

secondary

#D19EA8

accent

#4E6ADA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1412

muted

#7E8381

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5AD

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

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