#4EC5BA#4EC5BA

#4EC5BA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.107 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4EC5BA
RGB	rgb(78, 197, 186)
HSL	hsl(174, 51%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(174, 60%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -35.71, -4.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 35.98, 187.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.1064 -0.0125)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.107 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9671, 45.0940, 53.4642)
Luminance	0.4510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4EC5BA #C54E59

analogous

#4EC57F #4EC5BA #4E95C5

triadic

#4EC5BA #BA4EC5 #C5BA4E

tetradic

#4EC5BA #7F4EC5 #C54E59 #95C54E

square

#4EC5BA #7F4EC5 #C54E59 #95C54E

split-complementary

#4EC5BA #C54E95 #C57F4E

monochromatic

#26736C #35A197 #4EC5BA #7CD4CC #AAE3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#4EC5BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#4EC5BA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #4EC5BA

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4EC5BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##4EC5BA	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBBBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9ADBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C9C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4ec5ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 197, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.107 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8cd7ce',
    500: '#4ec5ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4ec5ba;
$custom-light: #8cd7ce;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4ec5ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.454,
    "s": 50.638,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.10712,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4EC5BA

secondary

#D19EA3

accent

#4E5BDA

background

#F9FDFC

surface

#F1FAF9

border

#CBD3D2

text

#0D1413

muted

#7E8382

Preview Lab

Preview with #4EC5BA

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

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