#4EC5AE#4EC5AE

#4EC5AE is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 178.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5AE
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(168, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(168, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 11.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.63, -38.80, 1.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.63, 38.84, 177.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.1118 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.112 178.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7446, 44.6050, 47.0256)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5AE #C54E65

analogous

#4EC573 #4EC5AE #4EA1C5

triadic

#4EC5AE #AE4EC5 #C5AE4E

tetradic

#4EC5AE #734EC5 #C54E65 #A1C54E

square

#4EC5AE #734EC5 #C54E65 #A1C54E

split-complementary

#4EC5AE #C54EA1 #C5734E

monochromatic

#267364 #35A18C #4EC5AE #7CD4C3 #AAE3D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#4EC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#4EC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5AE

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5AE	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEBAAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACADB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 178.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7c6',
    500: '#4ec5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ae;
$custom-light: #8cd7c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.403,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74999,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 178.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5AE

secondary

#D19EA8

accent

#4E69DA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF8

border

#CBD3D1

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5AE

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

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